Author: Resa Pearson

“Our Lord does not so much look at the greatness of our actions, or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.”

“Let us love, since that is what our hearts were made for.”

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”

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

“If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done for it, without hiding any of its gifts. It would not, under the pretext of humility, say that it was not pretty, or that it had not a sweet scent, that the sun had withered its petals, or the storm bruised its stem if it knew that such were not the case.”

“Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.”

“Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.”

“When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens, I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.”

“Time is your boat not your home.”

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St. Therese’s Convent

“Silence is God’s first language.”

“However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.”

“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.”

“Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.”

“Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.”

“In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.”

“To reach satisfaction in all
desire its possession in nothing,
To come to the knowledge of all
desire the knowledge of nothing.
To come to possess all
desire the possession of nothing.
To arrive at being all
desire to be nothing.”

“Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.”

“Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.”

“A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.”

The important thing is not to think much, but to love much; and so do that
which best stirs you to love.

“It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.”

“Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.”

“They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will – with our thoughts, words and actions – to the will of God.”

“If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.”

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.”

“Love follows knowledge.”

“Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.”

“There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.”

“The things that we love tell us what we are.”

“The soul is like an uninhabited world
that comes to life only when
God lays His head
against us.”

“Wonder is the desire of knowledge.”

“Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.
If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.”

“We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.”

“There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.”

“Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest:
To give and not count the cost;
To fight and not heed the wounds;
To toil and not seek for rest;
To labour and not ask for any reward Save that of know that we do Thy will.”

“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to His beloved is that of overcoming self.”

“It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.”

“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received–only what you have given.”

“We must sow the seed, not hoard it.”

“May you make progress every day!”

“Arm yourself with prayer instead of a sword; be clothed with humility instead of fine raiment.”