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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
Therese of Lisieux
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Apart from the Office [the daily prayer of the Church] which is a daily joy, I do not have the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. ... Unable either to say them all or to choose between them, I do as a child would who cannot read - I just say what I want to say to God, quite simply, and he never fails to understand.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
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If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace flood me. For I have the Host as my support. When I draw near the ciborium, All my sighs are heard... To be nothing is my glory. I am the atom of Jesus.
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It is love alone that counts.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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I want to give myself totally to Him...I want to live no longer but for Him.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.
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