Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: ‘Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.’
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Cross (your), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
You are right – it costs us dear to give Him what He asks. But what a joy that it does cost! It is happiness to bear our crosses, and to feel our weakness in doing so.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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When you are angry with someone, the way to find peace is to pray for that person and ask God to reward him or her for making you suffer.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Faith is the door to the full inner life of the Church, a life which includes not only access to an authoritative teaching but above all to a deep personal experience which is at once unique and yet shared by the whole Body of Christ, in the Spirit of Christ.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
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God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
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We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire. We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship. So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our acts.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
