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Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Catholic nun known for her piety and mysticism. Born on January 2, 1873, and died on September 30, 1897, she was canonized by Pope Pius XII and is one of the most famous saints of the modern era. She is revered for her simple lifestyle and deep faith, which have inspired many.

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Famous Therese of Lisieux Quotes

“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.”

Wells Doe Soul Shows Grace Understood Resistance Simplest God's Love

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“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.”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.”

Book:Story of a Soul The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: Third Edition Translated from the Original Manuscripts

Source: Story of a Soul The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: Third Edition Translated from the Original Manuscripts

“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.”

Doe Faces Suffering Cost Bitterness Good God

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“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.”

Ifs Should Doe Soul Spiritual Desire Heaven Lord Directors Convinced Golden Communion Our Lord

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“When one loves, one does not calculate.”

Love Life Doe Happiness Humility One Love

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.”

Looks Doe God Action Jesus Greatness Difficulty Saint Our Actions

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.”

Doe God Action Jesus Gratitude Demand Surrender

Book:Story of a Soul The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: Third Edition Translated from the Original Manuscripts

Source: Story of a Soul The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: Third Edition Translated from the Original Manuscripts

“The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.”

Way Doe Spiritual Values Depends Saint Serving Others Value Of Life

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to be pleased when He gives me a chance to prove to Him that I love Him - but all this in peace - in abandonment.”

Love Giving Doe Christian Jesus Chance Teach Directors Prove Give Me Refuse Abandonment I Love Him Give Me A Chance

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“Silence does good to the soul.”

Doe Soul Silence Catholic

Book:Letters of St. Therese of Lisieux, Volume I: General Correspondence 1877-1890

Source: Letters of St. Therese of Lisieux, Volume I: General Correspondence 1877-1890