Divine Quotes by Therese of Lisieux

10 Divine quotes by Therese of Lisieux

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Therese of Lisieux offers ten gentle musings on the divine, each a quiet whisper of devotion. Their simplicity invites a soft pause, letting the reader feel a tender connection to something larger.

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God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set…

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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the…

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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

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He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him…

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The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.

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You must open a little, or rather raise on high your corolla so that the Bread of Angels may come as divine…

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Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine…

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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…

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O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To…

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Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You…

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Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find…

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I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and…

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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.

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She is more Mother than Queen.

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(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If…

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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.

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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

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I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.

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The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.

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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.

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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident…

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At this time I choseas friends two little girls of my own age; but how shallow are the hearts of creatures! Oneof them had…

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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

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I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as…

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