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Holiness consists simply in doing God\u2019s will<\/strong>
and being just what God wants us to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient; but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned from experience that joy does not reside in the things about us<\/strong>
but in the very depths of the soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Therese of Lisieux<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holiness consists simply in doing God\u2019s willand being just what God wants us to be. 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