Category Archives: Therese of Lisieux
Loving my littleness
I have a flip-top collection of quotes of St. Thérèse in the room where I pray, and I have had it flipped to this quote for a few weeks now: “What pleases Him is that He sees me loving my littleness and my poverty.” This morning as I read it, I was struck by the …
The justice of God
I used to be afraid of the justice of God, until I read this by Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. Only she can come up with this kind of perspective. What a great Doctor of the Church! “How nice it is to think that God is just! It means he takes …
The elevator of love
Your soul is called to raise itself to God by the elevator of love and not to climb the rough stairway of fear. I have been meditating on this from St. Thérèse for a number of months now. My problem is that I keep getting off before reaching the top and start climbing the stairs. …
Too much hope?
We can never have too much hope in God. He gives in the measure we ask. (St. Thérèse)
Throwing ourselves into His arms
I am thinking so much about this quote of St. Thérèse’s that I just have to repost this post from a couple of years ago–in case any of you missed it or if, like me, you need to be reminded of it: This morning I was pondering my failings and starting to move to discouragement–as …
An even greater fullness of His love
These days my prayer is FULL of distractions. I remember two things to help me. One is advice from St. Francis de Sales. He says that when we encounter distractions, the best thing to do is to gently bring our minds back to the Lord. I think often our temptation when we find ourselves thinking …
At the top of the stairs
On those days when I think, “This is never going to change in me”, the Holy Spirit often reminds me of these words of St. Thérèse: “At the top of the stairs He is looking at your lovingly. Soon conquered by your vain efforts, He will come down Himself, and taking you in His arms, …
Greater tenderness
“The mystery of the Immaculate Conception allows us to understand how Mary is surrounded by the Father with greater tenderness and love than the love surrounding Eve before her sin. Through this mercy, Mary is able to enter into a unique intimacy with the Father; she is the beloved little child, the smallest, the ‘Benjamin.’ …
“Love your helplessness”
This is why I love Thérèse . . . when I come across these kinds of things she said: “Agree to stumble at every step, even fall, to carry your crosses weakly; love your helplessness, your soul will benefit more from it than if sustained by grace you accomplished with enthusiasm heroic actions which would …
“Everything brings us to Jesus.” ~St. Thérèse
