Therese of Lisieux
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A French Catholic saint known for her doctrine of the "Little Way," which teaches that small acts of love and humility can lead to holiness. She believed that spiritual greatness could be achieved by doing ordinary things with extraordinary love. Her autobiography became a spiritual classic, inspiring countless readers with its simplicity and depth. She remains a symbol of devotion and childlike faith.
Therese of Lisieux
Quotes
A French Catholic saint known for her doctrine of the "Little Way," which teaches that small acts of love and humility can lead to holiness. She believed that spiritual greatness could be achieved by doing ordinary things with extraordinary love. Her autobiography became a spiritual classic, inspiring countless readers with its simplicity and depth. She remains a symbol of devotion and childlike faith.
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.
Since the age of three I have refused God nothing.
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure.
I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.
Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth.
If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace floods me. For I have the Host as my support. When I draw near the ciborium, All my sighs are heard... To be nothing is my glory. I am the atom of Jesus.
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens, I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
Apart from the Office [the daily prayer of the Church] which is a daily joy, I do not have the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. ... Unable either to say them all or to choose between them, I do as a child would who cannot read - I just say what I want to say to God, quite simply, and he never fails to understand.
I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.
I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as it does in the loftiest soul.
Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let others judge us in any way they like. O blessed silence, which gives so much peace to the soul!
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
I'm suffering very much, but am I suffering very well? That's the point!
If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
