No doubt, it is a grace to receive the sacraments. When God does not permit it, it is good too! Everything is grace! When I shall have arrived at port, I will teach you how to travel…on the stormy sea of the world: with surrender and the love of a child who knows his Father loves him and cannot leave him alone in the hour of danger…The way of simple love and confidence is really made for you.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
One must have passed through the tunnel to understand how black its darkness is.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
We must love our nothingness and think only of the ALL which is infinitely lovable.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
True love is found only in complete self-forgetfulness, and it is only after we have detached ourselves from every creature that we find Jesus.
–Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897)
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
–Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897)
