At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four years, who at play has got its hair tossed and its clothes soiled. These misfortunes have befallen me in battling with souls. But very soon the Blessed Virgin hastens to my aid: quickly, she takes off my dirty… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
How I loved the feasts!… I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty and the fields would no longer be decked out… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
(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… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
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