St. Therese: Just These Two Things

Jesus does not ask for great achievements: only surrender and gratitude.

~St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: A Source of Merit!

Do not imagine that love can be found without suffering, for we carry with us our human nature; and yet, what a source of merit it is!

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Furnace of Love

I cherish the hope that one day Thou wilt swoop down upon me and carry me up until I am lost, a willing victim, in the fiery heart of the furnace of Love.

-St. Therese of Lisieux

 

 

 

St. Therese of Lisieux: I Will Sing!

I will sing even when I must pick my flowers amid thorns. The longer and sharper the thorns are, the sweeter my song will sound.

~St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Suffering with Love

Suffering borne with love is happiness most pure.

~ St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Not Always Faithful

It is true I am not always faithful, but I never lose courage. I leave myself in the Arms of Our Lord. 

– St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Love, Not Fear!

Your soul is called to raise itself to God by the elevator of love and not to climb the rough stairway of fear. 

- St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese on the Key to Her Vocation

Charity gave me the key to my vocation. I understood that the Church being a body composed of different members, the most essential, the most noble of all the organs would not be wanting to her; I understood that the Church has a heart and that this heart is burning with love; that it is love alone which makes the members work, that if love were to die away apostles would no longer preach the Gospel, martyrs would refuse to shed their blood. I understood that love comprises all vocations, that love is everything, that it embraces all times and all places because it is eternal!

- St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Who the Lord Calls

He does not call those who are worthy but those whom He pleases.

- St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Confidence Works Miracles

When we do not give up praying, confidence works miracles.

- St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: God's Timing

I realize better than ever before how tender and merciful Our Lord is;  He has sent me this cross when I am capable of bearing it,  whereas before I should have given way to discouragement. 

– St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux: Not Your Home

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

- St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese: Do Everything for God!

I do everything for God, and in this way I lose nothing, and I'm always well repaid for the trouble I go to for other people.

 

- St. Therese of Lisieux

 

 

St. Therese of Lisieux Quotation: Dying of Love

Our Lord died on the Cross in agony, and yet this is the most beautiful death of love. To die of love is not to die in transports.

 

- St. Therese of Lisieux

 

 

St. Therese of Lisieux: Heavy Crosses and Being Afraid

Jesus offers you the cross, a very heavy cross, and you are afraid of not being able to carry it without giving way. Why? Our Beloved Himself fell three times on the way to Calvary, and why should we not imitate Him?

 

- St. Therese of Lisieux

 

 

St. Therese of Lisieux: The Lord Cherishes Simplicity

Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

- St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux on Confidence in Jesus

I am certain that even if I had on my conscience every imaginable crime, I should lose nothing of my confidence; rather I would hurry, with a heart broken with sorrow, to throw myself into the Arms of my Jesus.

- St. Therese of Lisieux

A Number of St. Therese of Lisieux Quotes

How often have I thought that I may owe all the graces I've received to the prayers of a person who begged them from God for me, and whom I shall know only in heaven.

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Jesus does not ask for great achievements: only surrender and gratitude.

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Yes, all is well when we seek only the will of Jesus.

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Jesus works miracles for His dearest friends only after He has tested their faith. He let Lazarus die, even though Martha and Mary sent word that he was sick. But after the trial, what rewards! Lazarus rises from the dead.

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Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.

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I do everything for God, and in this way I lose nothing, and I'm always well repaid for the trouble I go to for other people.

- St. Therese of Lisieux

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Giving Pleasure to Jesus

Let us give pleasure to Jesus; let us save souls for Him by our sacrifices.

- St. Therese of Lisieux