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> [Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. Offer God His fervent love in reparation for your sluggishness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/are-you-making-no-progress-in-prayer-then-you-need-only-offer-god-the/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

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## More by Margaret Mary Alacoque

> [Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/let-every-knee-bend-before-thee-o-greatness-of-my-god-so-supremely/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/o-my-saviour-who-am-i-that-thou-shouldst-have-so-long-awaited-my/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/crosses-contempt-sorrows-and-afflictions-are-the-real-treasures-of/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/have-recourse-trustfully-to-gods-loving-kindness-and-he-will-not/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/let-us-begin-in-earnest-to-work-out-our-salvation-for-no-one-will-do/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [The cross is a precious treasure to be kept secret, lest we be robbed of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/the-cross-is-a-precious-treasure-to-be-kept-secret-lest-we-be-robbed/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/it-is-attachment-to-creatures-and-to-self-satisfaction-that-weakens/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Since God wishes it - there is nothing to be done. . . Why should you thus torment yourself? Get rid of whatever He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/since-god-wishes-it-there-is-nothing-to-be-done-why-should-you-thus/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/the-heaviest-of-my-crosses-was-that-i-could-do-nothing-to-lighten-the/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/until-we-have-acquired-genuine-prayer-we-are-like-people-teaching/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/cling-to-god-and-leave-all-the-rest-to-him-he-will-not-let-you-perish/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Do nothing through human respect and, when it assails you, say: I shall do neither more nor less for the eyes of creatures. O…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/do-nothing-through-human-respect-and-when-it-assails-you-say-i-shall/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/may-faith-be-the-torch-which-illuminates-animates-and-sustains-you/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/look-upon-yourself-as-a-tree-planted-beside-the-water-which-bears-its/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

> [I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mary-alacoque/i-need-nothing-but-god-and-to-lose-myself-in-the-heart-of-god/)

[Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mary-alacoque/)

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