Embrace Quote by Rose Philippine Duchesne

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

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

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

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

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

Humility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort.

— Rose Philippine Duchesne

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

You may dazzle the mind with a thousand brilliant discoveries of natural science; you may open new worlds of knowledge which were never dreamed…

— Rose Philippine Duchesne

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

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

I love my solitude, and I would love it still more if I had more of it.

— Rose Philippine Duchesne

The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble.

— Rose Philippine Duchesne