St. Therese

Today we celebrate the Baptism of the "Little Flower" in 1873. Keep us faithful to our immersion in Christ's life and love as St. Therese was and is!

Eager victim O Jesus, let me be Your eager victim and consume Your little sacrifice in the fire of divine love. -St. Therese of Lisieux zpr.io/ck8L8gkydVKX

Smile through tears Jesus, I smile through my own tears when I contemplate Your sorrows. -St. Therese of Lisieux zpr.io/swXxCpPfKbKg

All that Jesus wills I found the secret of suffering in peace - I don't say joy. To suffer in peace, it is enough to will all that Jesus wills. -St. Therese of Lisieux zpr.io/atzWYZpfJEcD

The elevator to Heaven Jesus, your arms are the elevator which will lift me to Heaven! -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Mary’s mother arms I long to fly to Mary's mother arms, To rest upon that spotless throne of bliss; And, sheltered there from troubles and alarms, For the first time to feel her gentle kiss. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Our hearts were made for Let us love, since that is all our hearts were made for. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

The simplest soul 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. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Jesus looks Jesus does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Natural tenderness To offer oneself to God does not mean that one loses anything at all of one's natural tenderness. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Help the souls I am happy to die because, far more than on earth, I shall help the souls I hold dear. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

How happy I am Oh, how happy I am to see myself imperfect and to have such need of God's mercy at the moment of my death. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

To the soul Silence does good to the soul. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

All vocations I understood that love encompasses all vocations and that love is everything. Love encompasses all times and places. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

A sweet paradise To be without Jesus is a grievous hell, and to be with Jesus a sweet paradise. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Wish to labor Very often God is satisfied with our wish to labor for his glory, and how immense are my desires to do so. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Any limits How can my confidence have any limits? -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Scatter flowers I will scatter flowers, perfuming the Divine Throne, and I'll sweetly sing my hymn of love. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

Beneath your veil O sweetest Star of Heaven! O Virgin, spotless, blest, shining with Jesus' light, guiding to Him my way! Mother! beneath your veil let my tired spirit rest, for this brief passing day! -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…

I love Thee Dear Lord, Thow knowest that I do not serve Thee for the sake of a reward but simply because I love Thee, and in order to save souls. -St. Therese of Lisieux littleflower.org/st-therese-dai…