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
god sorry book
(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If I had read them, I would have broken my head, and I would have wasted precious time that I could have employed very simply in loving God.
god jesus children
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
god needs imperfect
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.
god speak felt
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
god acceptable only-love
It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
god rose showers
I will send a shower of roses.
god jesus our-love
He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.
god soul entering
(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.
god love-you i-love-him
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
god giving want
I want to give myself totally to Him...I want to live no longer but for Him.
god jesus heart
What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence...Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately...We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
god sacrifice soul
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
god sacrifice love-is
Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.
god gratitude jesus
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.