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Therese of Lisieux Quotes about Prayer

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Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul

Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.

Therese of Lisieux
Gratitude, Jesus, Prayer
St. Therese of Lisieux (2013). “Story of a Soul The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: Third Edition Translated from the Original Manuscripts”, p.115, ICS Publications

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

Apart from the Office [the daily prayer of the Church] which is a daily joy, I do not have the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. ... Unable either to say them all or to choose between them, I do as a child would who cannot read - I just say what I want to say to God, quite simply, and he never fails to understand.

Therese of Lisieux
Beautiful, Prayer, Children

Look at Him while He is looking at you.

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Looks

For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.

Therese of Lisieux
Gratitude, Prayer, Heart

For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God; it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a cry of grateful love, from the crest of joy or the trough of despair; it's a vast, supernatural force which opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus.

Therese of Lisieux
Jesus, Prayer, Grateful

Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Silence, Blessed Sacrament
St. Therese of Lisieux (2014). “Letters of St. Therese of LIsieux, Volume II: General Correspondence 1890-1897”, p.56, ICS Publications

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.

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Lying, Moving
St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.68, TAN Books

Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Heart, Peaceful

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.

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Heart, Acceptance

It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. I say an Our Father or a Hail Mary when I feel so spiritually barren that I cannot summon up a single worth while thought. These two prayers fill me with rapture and feed and satisfy my soul.

Therese of Lisieux
Prayer, Father, Two

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