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The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux QUOTES

1 " Even if you have suffered, even if you have sometimes been disappointed by life, even if, at certain times, you had the feeling that God was very far away (we all have this feeling when living through a time of trial) or had abandoned you, in spite of all of that, never doubt God’s love, never doubt his faithfulness. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

2 " The Bible is not a privileged possession of Protestants: all believers, absolutely, must be nourished on Scripture. ... We are constantly bombarded with messages of every kind. Only God's Word, passed on to us in a special way in Scripture, has the necessary depth, clarity, and authority to help us find our way. Only Scripture enables us to discover the truth, not as something abstract, but as God's presence in our lives and the very specific way he offers us day after day.

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This simple spiritual experience of discovering Holy Scripture as light, encouragement, and strength for our path today--for Scripture has an authority possessed by no human word, no human reasoning--is one all Christians can and should have. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

3 " Therese felt clearly that she could not become a saint through her own efforts alone. Her own merits or her good works could not save her. In this way she was simply agreeing with the message of the Gospel and of St. Paul: We are not saved by our deeds, by what we accomplish. We are saved by grace, by mercy, and this grace is received through faith and trust. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

4 " In a vulnerable, wounded world like ours, where nevertheless the Holy Spirit is addressing all Christians with a ringing call to holiness and inspiring them with a desire to live out the Gospel message in all its depth, I think there is no better path than the one St. Thérèse of Lisieux offers us: her little way of trust and love. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

5 " She was there, God was there, and that was enough. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

6 " When a person is faithful to his or her times of prayer, day after day, week after week, it’s like someone with a well in the garden that’s choked with rubbish—branches, leaves, stones, mud—but underneath is water, clean and pure. In spending time in prayer, you’re setting to work patiently to unblock the well. What comes up at the start is the mud and dirt: our wretchedness, worries, fears, guilt, self-blame—the things we normally avoid. Plenty of people run away from themselves. There’s a real fear of silence today! But those who have the courage to go forward into the desert end up finding an oasis. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

7 " The two main signs of pride are despising others and getting discouraged. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux

8 " This is worth noting. Thérèse had a great love for Holy Scripture. All the lights that guided her along the way, all her great spiritual intuitions, she found in Scripture. Every time a question came up that upset her a little, she went to the Bible to find the answer. She received astonishing lights that enabled her to acquire a deep understanding of the Scriptures. On this point too, she anticipated Vatican II, which laid great stress on the importance of returning to the Bible if we want to be real Catholics. "

― Jacques Philippe , The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux