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
way doe serving-others
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
rose heaven earth
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
jesus prayer grateful
For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God; it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a cry of grateful love, from the crest of joy or the trough of despair; it's a vast, supernatural force which opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus.
god lying opportunity
We must do everything we are obliged to do; give without reckoning, practice virtue whenever opportunity offers, constantly overcome ourselves, prove our love by all the little acts of tenderness and consideration we can muster. In a word, we must produce all the good works that lie within our strength - out of love for God.
flower shining soul
As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
shining littles want
I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
desire wonder lord
Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled... yes... the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
god sacrifice soul
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
soul enough despondent
A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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.
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.
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.
jesus heart holy-eucharist
Receive Communion often, very often...there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus has not put this attraction in your heart for nothing...