Therese of Lisieux
Therese of Lisieux
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, or Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, O.C.D., was a Roman Catholic French Discalced Carmelite nun widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" or simply "The Little Flower"...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSaint
Date of Birth2 January 1873
CountryFrance
catholic deeds saint
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
sympathy everyday tasks
Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
love heart made
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
soul enough despondent
A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
humble suffering lord
I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
jesus thinking judging
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.
perfection want want-u
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
inspire desire saint
God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
jesus book doctors
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
beautiful prayer children
I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. . . Unable either to say them all or choose between them, I do as a child would do who cannot read-I say just what I want to say to God, quite simply, and he never fails to understand.
love running past
We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute, it would be impossible for me to be patient; but I see only the present moment, I forget the past, and take good care not to anticipate the future. If we grow disheartened, if sometimes we despair, it is because we have been dwelling on the past or the future.
love life happiness
When one loves, one does not calculate.
mom mother heart
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
god giving want
I want to give myself totally to Him...I want to live no longer but for Him.