When I accepted the fact that I might spend my life suffering from these troubles and anxieties-which in no way diminished the trust I had in God and served only to increase my faith-I found myself changed all at once. And my soul, until that time always in turmoil, experienced…
Jesus prefers leaving me in darkness to giving me a false light which would not be Himself. – St. Therese
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. -St. Therese
If you are nothing, you must not forget that Jesus is all…think only of this uniquely lovable all. – St. Therese
Never complain of anyone, but turn the complaints against yourself; because if you do not succeed in doing what you long to do, how can you complain if others fail? -St. Teresa Margaret Redi
See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect. – St. John of the Cross
Our good God ardently desires to give us the great treasure of His love; but He wants us to ask Him for it insistently, and to act in such a way that each work we perform will be a request for this love. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
You must not set yourself up as a judge-that is God’s right alone-your only mission is to be an angel of peace. – St. Therese
O you who do not dare draw near to Him, make the test and prove how good and generous is our most loving God! – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
After God places these three last kinds of good in the soul, he no longer remembers her former ugliness and sin, as he declares through Ezekiel [Ez. 18:22], for on account of these goods she is very agreeable to him. And once he has blotted out this sin and ugliness,…