It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
The dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
O Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
The worst defect in the world would be to consider yourself free from faults. Being too greatly saddened by one's faults can come from… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Let us never lose courage or despair of God's mercy. We have only to humble ourselves before God in order to obtain grace to… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Humility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort. — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will. — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
You may dazzle the mind with a thousand brilliant discoveries of natural science; you may open new worlds of knowledge which were never dreamed of before; yet, if you have not developed in the soul of the pupil strong habits of virtue which will sustain her in the struggle of life, you have not educated her, but only put in… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share
Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
I love my solitude, and I would love it still more if I had more of it. — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble. — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
