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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. In the course of every activity pray as follows: “My God, I do this or I endure that in the heart of your Son and according to his holy counsels. I offer it to you in reparation for anything blameworthy or imperfect in my actions.” Continue to do this in every circumstance of life.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647- 1690)
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Discipleship, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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 [anticipate] the future.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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While praying I have many distractions, but as soon as I’m aware of them, I pray for those people, the thought of whom is diverting my attention. In this way, they reap the benefit of my distractions.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Church, Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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 .
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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Melancholy is the poison of devotion. When one is in tribulation, it is necessary to be more happy and more joyful because one is nearer to God.
–Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
