Quotes about Divine
He has never inspired me with any desire and left it unsatisfied, and that is why I have always found His bitter chalice full of sweetness.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Our Lord has deigned to make me understand that by simple obedience I shall please Him best.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
See how this evening the tree-tops are gilded by the setting sun. So likewise my soul appears to you all shining and golden because it is exposed to the rays of Love.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Our Father, St. John of the Cross, says with great truth: "All good things have come unto me, since I no longer sought them for myself.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Et le Seigneur se pencha, il cueillit doucement la fleur embaumée, il détacha sans effort sa grappe chérie du cep amer de l'exil, la trouvant totalement dorée des feux de l'Amour divin. Quelles
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I feel that if You found a soul weaker and littler than mine, which is impossible, You [35]would be pleased to grant it still greater favors, provided it abandoned itself with total confidence to Your Infinite Mercy.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
IN order that Love may be fully satisfied it must needs stoop to very nothingness and transform that nothing into fire.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Ce n'est pas pour rester dans le ciboire d'or qu'il descend chaque jour du ciel, mais afin de trouver un autre ciel: le ciel de notre âme où il prend ses délices.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
This grace of light has been given to me during my retreat. Our Lord desires that we should receive Him into our hearts, and no doubt they are empty of creatures. Alas! mine is not empty of self; that is why He bids me come down. And I shall come down even to the very ground, that Jesus may find within my heart a resting-place for His Divine Head
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Jésus n'a pas besoin de livres ni de docteurs pour instruire les âmes; lui, le Docteur des docteurs, enseigne sans bruit de paroles.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I ENTREAT THEE TO LET THY DIVINE EYES REST UPON A VAST NUMBER OF LITTLE SOULS, I ENTREAT THEE TO CHOOSE, IN THIS WORLD, A LEGION OF LITTLE VICTIMS OF THY LOVE.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I have often noticed that Jesus will not give me a store of provisions; He nourishes me with food that is entirely new from moment to moment, and I find it in my soul without knowing how it got there.
— St. Therese of Lisieux