St. Therese

The Society of the Little Flower supports the mission efforts of the Carmelites of the Most Pure Heart of Mary and promotes devotion to St. Therese of Lisieux.

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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!

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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
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Smile through tears

Jesus, I smile through my own tears when I contemplate Your sorrows. -St. Therese of Lisieux
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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
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The elevator to Heaven

Jesus, your arms are the elevator which will lift me to Heaven! -St. Therese of Lisieux
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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
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Our hearts were made for

Let us love, since that is all our hearts were made for. -St. Therese of Lisieux
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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To the soul

Silence does good to the soul. -St. Therese of Lisieux
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All vocations

I understood that love encompasses all vocations and that love is everything. Love encompasses all times and places. -St. Therese of Lisieux
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A sweet paradise

To be without Jesus is a grievous hell, and to be with Jesus a sweet paradise. -St. Therese of Lisieux
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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
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Any limits

How can my confidence have any limits? -St. Therese of Lisieux
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Scatter flowers

I will scatter flowers, perfuming the Divine Throne, and I'll sweetly sing my hymn of love. -St. Therese of Lisieux
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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
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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
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