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
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.
shining littles want
I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
mom mother heart
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
love-is space all-time
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
suffering cost faces
How can the good God Who loves us so much, be happy when we suffer? Never does our suffering make Him happy; but it is necessary for us, and so He sends it to us while, as it were, turning away His Face. . . I assure you that it costs Him dearly to fill us with bitterness.
suffering deals wells
It's true, I suffer a great deal-but do I suffer well? That is the question.
catholic half saint
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
peace angel justice
Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
peace past yield
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
spring flower rose
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
spring flower simple
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
holy-eucharist soul guests
The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.
religious pain mean
He is not far off; He is there, very close. He is looking at us, and He is begging this sorrow, this agony from us. He needs it for souls and for our soul... Alas, it does pain Him to give us sorrows to drink, but He knows this is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself and to become God's ourselves.
holy communion remedy
Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.