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
mom mother heart
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
faith inspiration pride
Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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.
flower shining soul
As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
eye goal heaven
Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
faith inspiration sky
Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
sacrifice opportunity missing
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
want holiness gods-will
Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.
shining littles want
I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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.
god jesus greatness
Jesus does not so much look at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.
faith inspiration profound
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
love-is space all-time
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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.