Sayings & extracts from our
sister Thérèse...
on the Eucharist...
“He is not to remain in a golden ciborium
that He comes to us each day from
heaven; it’s to find another heaven, infinitely
more dear to Him than the first;
the heaven of our soul, made to His
image, the living temple of the adorable
Trinity.”
on perfection...
“Perfection consists in doing His will,
in being what He wills us to be.”
“Do not imagine, that to become perfect
it is necesary to do great things.
Our Lord needs neither remarkable
deeds or beautiful thoughts...So it is
neither intellect nor talent that He seeks
here below...He loves simplicity..even
the greatest works are of no value without
love.”
on confidence in God...
“We can never have too much confidence
in the good God; He is so
migthy and so merciful; as we hope in
Him, so shall we receive.”
on being childlike...
“O my Jesus, I can offer You only little
things yet how often I miss the opportunity
of welcoming these small sacrifices
that bring so much peace, but I
shall not let myself be discouraged.
Grant me the grace to be more watchful
in the future for I wish to make
profit out of the smallest actions to do
them ALL FOR LOVE.”
“To live in intimacy with God
as with the soul of a child.”
on love...
“In the evening of this life, I shall
appear before You with empty hands,
for I do not ask you, Lord, to count my
works … I wish, then, to be clothed in
Your own Justice and to receive from
Your Love the eternal possession of
Yourself. I want no other Throne, no
other Crown but You, my Beloved!”
“Charity gave me the key to my vocation.
I understood that the Church
had a body composed of different
members, the most necessary and most
had a Heart and that this Heart was
BURNING WITH LOVE
I understood it was Love alone that
made the Church's members act and
that if Love ever became extinct, apostles
would not preach the Gospel and
martyrs would not shed their blood. I
understood that love comprised all
vocations, that love was everything, that
it embraced all times and places. Then,
in the excess of my delirious joy, I
cried out: O Jesus, my Love...my
vocation, at last I have found it ....
MY VOCATION
IS LOVE!
“WITH LOVE
NOT ONLY
DID I ADVANCE,
I ACTUALLY FLEW”
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