Quotes About Devotion

Tear your heart away from everything else; then seek God and you will surely find him.

Reading is of great service towards procuring recollection in any one who proceeds in this way; and it is even necessary for him, however little it may be that he reads, if only as a substitute for the mental prayer which is beyond his reach.

Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.

When one loves, one does not calculate.

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

I say nothing to him I love him

You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.

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.

For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.

I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.

Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.

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

I have at last found my vocation; it is love!

I shall be love, thus I shall be everything, and thus my dream will be realized.

St. Therese of Lisieux

My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice. They can move hearts far better than words. -St. Therese of Lisieux

Can a victim of love find anything her Spouse sends terrible?

In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.

God, make my body healthy and agile, my mind sharp and clear, my heart joyful and contented, my soul faithful and loving.

So I was pet free, and not unhappily so, until Aimee showed up the morning of my last day of being twenty-nine with a teacup-sized, deep red, wriggling puppy. It was love at first sight, and I'm grateful for her serene and placid presence. Not to mention the fact that she is the perfect dog. Never naughty, never a sick day in her life, never has an accident in the house or chews anything she oughtn't. She is essentially the non-dog dog, practically a person, and I can take her anywhere.

Shawn looks up at me and directly into my eyes. "Let me be very clear about something, my darling girl. I could never get sick of you.

Love is two people in love, who bond as one, destined for each other; this is the meaning of love. A piece of our spirit remains wherever we have been…

I could tell you a thousand times, How much I love you, It still would not do justice on how much I love you.