We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.

If you learn from Saint Thérèse to depend on God alone and serve him with a wholly pure and detached heart, then you can join with your whole soul in singing the jubilant song of the holy Virgin, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For he has done great things for me, and holy is his name.” And like little St. Thérèse you will be able to say at the end, “I do not regret that I have given myself to love.”

When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.

An 'I' without a body is a possibility. But a body without an 'I' is utterly impossible.

One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.

The nation doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.