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
spiritual heaven soul
I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.
giving soul charity
When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift.
giving soul honor
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
god soul entering
(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.
prayer sacrifice soul
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
heaven soul golden
It is not to remain in a golden ciborium that He comes down each day from Heaven, but to find another Heaven, the Heaven of our soul in which He takes delight.
dream joy soul
Time is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer.
order giving soul
God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.
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.
soul grace doe
I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as it does in the loftiest soul.
sweet soul would-be
My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
silence soul catholic
Silence does good to the soul.
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.