Really, it is the Lord who carries the cross, for He knows how to make the soul content with little or no… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Let's try not to be exacting with other people, but rather to pass over in silence those thousand little annoyances that tend… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Profit by the little trials that come to you, for through them we make real progress. — 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
