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“May all those on whom faith does not shine at last see the light!”

“I ask only that I may never offend you.”

“To keep the word of Jesus is the one condition of our happiness, the proof of our love for Him."

“Whenever my enemy provokes me to combat, I try to behave like a soldier.”

“I am content to sacrifice during my life all joyful thought of the home which awaits me.”

“I have never experienced more fully the sweetness and mercy of the Lord.”

"I know that love strengthens every vocation, that love is everything, that it embraces all times and all places, because it is eternal."

“Should it please God, I am quite content to have my sufferings of body and soul prolonged for years.”

“Very often God is satisfied with our wish to labour for his glory, and how immense are my desires to do so.”

“I no longer have any great desires, beyond that of loving 'til I die of love.”

“The Lord has given me the grace never to fear the conflict, to do my duty no matter what the cost.”

“I realized that all souls have more or less the same battles to fight, but no two souls are exactly the same.”

"Even when alone be cheerful, remembering always that you are in the sight of the angels."

“Your love has gone before since I was a child. It has grown with my growth.”

“I ask Jesus to draw me into the fire of his love, and to unite me so closely to himself that he may live and act in me.”

“Since the Lord is in heaven I can only follow him by traces full of light and fragrance which he has left behind him.”

“My joy consists of being deprived of all joy here on earth.”

“When I open the Gospels, I breathe the fragrance exalted by the life of Jesus, and I know which way to run.”

"I know well, joy is not in the things which surround us; it dwells in the innermost soul."

“I understand clearly that through love alone can we become pleasing to God, and my sole ambition is to acquire it.”

“Jesus points out to me the only way which leads to Love's furnace - that way is self-surrender - it is the confidence of the little child who sleeps without fear in its father's arms.”

“Jesus, how tenderly and gently you lead my soul!”

“I would like to do heroic deeds. I would gladly die in defense of the Church.”

"The only happiness here below is to strive to be always content with what Jesus gives us."

“Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and the dream has only grown more vivid in Carmel's narrow cell.”

“Finally, I realized that love includes every vocation, that love is all things, that love is eternal, reaching down through the ages and stretching to the utmost limits of the earth.”

“I am a child of the Church. I do not ask for riches or glory, not even for the glory of heaven.”

"O my God, You have surpassed all my expectations."

“My own glory will be the reflection of the Church's glory.”

“My one thought, Jesus, is to love you.”

"I feel that my mission is about to begin ~ to make others love God as I love Him."

“I take refuge, then, in prayer, and turn to Mary, and our Lord always triumphs.”

"My strength lies in prayer and sacrifice; they are invincible weapons, and touch hearts more surely than words can do, as 'I have learned by experience.'"

“In the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness: in the cross is strength of mind: in the cross is joy of spirit.”

"It is good to serve God in darkness and trial! We have only this life to live by faith."

“I have often said to thee, and I repeat it again, forsake and resign thyself, and thou shalt enjoy a great inward peace.”

“Jesus has shown me the only way that leads to the fire of divine love: it is that of a little child who, full of trust, falls asleep in its father's arms.”

“Nothing is sweeter than love; nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing more generous, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth: for love proceeds from God, and cannot rest but in God, above all things created.”

“Open, O Lord, my heart in Thy law, teach me to walk in Thy commandments.”

"Let us go forward in peace, our eyes fixed on Heaven, the one goal of all our works."

“Do not imagine that love can be found without suffering, for we carry with us our human nature; and yet, what a source of merit it is!”

“If heavenly grace and true charity come in, there shall be no envy or narrowness of heart, nor shall self-love keep its hold. For divine charity overcomes all, and dilates all the powers of the soul.”

“God has given me the grace to understand the mysterious depths of charity.”

"We must abandon the future into the hands of God."

“Oh, how good a thing and how peaceable it is to be silent of others, nor to believe all that is said, nor easily to report what one has heard!”

“A true lover of Christ and a diligent pursuer of virtue does not hunt after comforts, nor seek such sensible sweetness; but is rather willing to bear strong trials and hard labours for Christ.”

“From a pure heart proceeds the fruit of a good life.”

“If thou hadst a good conscience, thou wouldst not much fear death.”

"How quickly life passes ... Soon we shall all be reunited in heaven. I love these words of the psalms very much: "A thousand years in the eyes of the Lord are like yesterday that has already passed.' "

“Cherish the hope that one day Thou wilt swoop down upon me and carry me up until I am lost, a willing victim, in the fiery heart of the furnace of Love.”

"How happy I am to see myself imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy."

“The good God says to me, "Give always without concerning yourself with results."

“Our mission as Carmelites is to form evangelical workers who will save thousands of souls.”

"I have only to cast a glance in the Gospels and immediately I breathe in the perfumes of Jesus' life."

“You, Lord will descend to my nothingness and transform that nothingness into living fire.”

“Jesus will reward you a hundredfold for the sweet joys you have given up for Him."

“All my strength lies in prayer and sacrifice. They are my invincible weapons, and I know, by experience, that they can soften the heart much better than words.”

“We have only the short moment of this life to give to God, and He is already preparing to say: ‘Now, my turn.’”

“The very desires and intuitions of my inmost heart assured me that another and more lovely land awaited me, an abiding city.”

“O Jesus, let me be Your eager victim and consume Your little sacrifice in the fire of divine love.”

“What peace pours over the soul once it soars above natural feelings.”

"Only that which is eternal can satisfy us."

“I assure you that God is much better than you believe. He is content with a glance, a sigh of love.”

"How happy I am to see myself imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy."

"The good God says to me, 'Give always without concerning yourself with results.'"

"I have only to cast a glance in the Gospels and immediately I breathe in the perfumes of Jesus' life."

"You, Lord will descend to my nothingness and transform that nothingness into living fire."

"Jesus will reward you a hundredfold for the sweet joys you have given up for Him."

"All my strength lies in prayer and sacrifice. They are my invincible weapons, and I know, by experience, that they can soften the heart much better than words."

"We have only the short moment of this life to give to God, and He is already preparing to say: 'Now, my turn.'"

"The very desires and intuitions of my inmost heart assured me that another and more lovely land awaited me, an abiding city."

"O Jesus, let me be Your eager victim and consume Your little sacrifice in the fire of divine love."

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

 

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