St. Bernadette

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here are some of her quotes 🙂

“Jesus gives all to those who surrender all”

“the more obstacles there are to my love, the stronger it becomes. it is my one and only possession - even if i were tormented day and night, no one would take it away from my soul. the more i suffer, the more i will draw close to His Heart”

“i must work with all my strength to destroy self love and self interest”

“O Mary, my good Mother, help me follow your example to be generous in every sacrifice Our Lord may ask of me during my life”

“O Divine Jesus, impress on my heart a disposition like that of a certain man who loved your cross so much that he used to say if after serving you for a hundred years his only recompense were the grace to suffer one hour for love of You, he would believe all his service too well rewarded”

“i must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining. i work, i suffer, and i love with no other witness than His Heart. anyone who is not prepared to suffer all for the Beloved and to do His will in all things is not worthy of the sweet name of Friend, for here below, love without suffering does not exist. It is in loving the Cross that one discovers His Heart, for divine love does not exist without suffering”

“O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners”

“how beautiful the heavenly crown will be for those who are genuinely humble despite outward humiliations, those who follow the humility of the Savior in every way”

“nothing else matters to me anymore, nothing has any value for me but Jesus, no place, no thing, no person, no idea, no feeling, no honour, no suffering, nothing can turn me away from Jesus. For me, Jesus Himself is my honour, my delight, my heart, my spirit, He whom I love, what i love, my home, Heaven here on earth. Jesus is my treasure and my love and Jesus crucified is my only happiness”

“for the greater glory of God, the important thing is not to do many things, but to do all things well”

“O my God, if i cannot shed my blood and give my life for You, may i at least die to all that displeases You: sin, earthly desires, desires of the flesh, the world and myself. Cross of my Savior, holy Cross, Cross worthy of adoration, in you alone are my strength, my hope, and my joy. You are the tree of life, the mysterious ladder that unites earth to Heaven, the altar on which i want to sacrifice myself by dying with Jesus.”

(Mary) “whatever trials the Lord sends you, whatever sacrifices He asks of you, whatever duties He imposes on you, always have this response of love and faithfulness on your lips and in your heart: Here’s your servant, O my God, ready to undertake all, to give all, to sacrifice all, to offer up all, as long as Your will may be accomplished in me and on all the earth”

(quoting St Ephrem) “on the last day, all our virtues will be tested by fire. only humility will be able to withstand it”.

(advice given by her priest) “have no fear. always stay very close to Our Lord, present in the Tabernacle. be completely absorbed by devotion to Him there and never let go. pray that the Holy Virgin will keep you well hidden there. consider this good Master. He suffers so much in silence. Even though He could easily reduce this suffering to nothingness, He does not move”
“you must carry your cross hidden in your heart as Mary did. place yourself in the heart of Mary and remain there. make it your home on earth”.

“however good our intentions may be, it is always wrong to go against God’s will, it is always an illusion and a mistake”

“it is not important to do many things or extraordinary things, it is only important to do God’s will…but it is not enough just to do God’s will, i want to love doing God’s holy will more than anything in the world”

“For Jesus to increase, i must decrease. His presence increases in proportion to how much i decrease”

“my crown in heaven should shine with innocence and its flowers should be as radiant as the sun. sacrifices are the flowers Jesus and Mary chose. i must be a victim, that is to say, i should live sacrificially every day as Jesus and Mary did”

“why is He so little in me? it is because i am not little enough, not humble enough”
 
here are some of her quotes 🙂

“Jesus gives all to those who surrender all”

“the more obstacles there are to my love, the stronger it becomes. it is my one and only possession - even if i were tormented day and night, no one would take it away from my soul. the more i suffer, the more i will draw close to His Heart”

“i must work with all my strength to destroy self love and self interest”

“O Mary, my good Mother, help me follow your example to be generous in every sacrifice Our Lord may ask of me during my life”

“O Divine Jesus, impress on my heart a disposition like that of a certain man who loved your cross so much that he used to say if after serving you for a hundred years his only recompense were the grace to suffer one hour for love of You, he would believe all his service too well rewarded”

“i must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining. i work, i suffer, and i love with no other witness than His Heart. anyone who is not prepared to suffer all for the Beloved and to do His will in all things is not worthy of the sweet name of Friend, for here below, love without suffering does not exist. It is in loving the Cross that one discovers His Heart, for divine love does not exist without suffering”

“O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners”

“how beautiful the heavenly crown will be for those who are genuinely humble despite outward humiliations, those who follow the humility of the Savior in every way”

“nothing else matters to me anymore, nothing has any value for me but Jesus, no place, no thing, no person, no idea, no feeling, no honour, no suffering, nothing can turn me away from Jesus. For me, Jesus Himself is my honour, my delight, my heart, my spirit, He whom I love, what i love, my home, Heaven here on earth. Jesus is my treasure and my love and Jesus crucified is my only happiness”

“for the greater glory of God, the important thing is not to do many things, but to do all things well”

“O my God, if i cannot shed my blood and give my life for You, may i at least die to all that displeases You: sin, earthly desires, desires of the flesh, the world and myself. Cross of my Savior, holy Cross, Cross worthy of adoration, in you alone are my strength, my hope, and my joy. You are the tree of life, the mysterious ladder that unites earth to Heaven, the altar on which i want to sacrifice myself by dying with Jesus.”

(Mary) “whatever trials the Lord sends you, whatever sacrifices He asks of you, whatever duties He imposes on you, always have this response of love and faithfulness on your lips and in your heart: Here’s your servant, O my God, ready to undertake all, to give all, to sacrifice all, to offer up all, as long as Your will may be accomplished in me and on all the earth”

(quoting St Ephrem) “on the last day, all our virtues will be tested by fire. only humility will be able to withstand it”.

(advice given by her priest) “have no fear. always stay very close to Our Lord, present in the Tabernacle. be completely absorbed by devotion to Him there and never let go. pray that the Holy Virgin will keep you well hidden there. consider this good Master. He suffers so much in silence. Even though He could easily reduce this suffering to nothingness, He does not move”
“you must carry your cross hidden in your heart as Mary did. place yourself in the heart of Mary and remain there. make it your home on earth”.

“however good our intentions may be, it is always wrong to go against God’s will, it is always an illusion and a mistake”

“it is not important to do many things or extraordinary things, it is only important to do God’s will…but it is not enough just to do God’s will, i want to love doing God’s holy will more than anything in the world”

“For Jesus to increase, i must decrease. His presence increases in proportion to how much i decrease”

“my crown in heaven should shine with innocence and its flowers should be as radiant as the sun. sacrifices are the flowers Jesus and Mary chose. i must be a victim, that is to say, i should live sacrificially every day as Jesus and Mary did”

“why is He so little in me? it is because i am not little enough, not humble enough”
All these beautiful quotes from St Bernadette, yet she was considered stupid. Humility comes across as being stupid, to wordly people.
Bernadette showed she was a genius.

Jim
 
All these beautiful quotes from St Bernadette, yet she was considered stupid. Humility comes across as being stupid, to wordly people.
Bernadette showed she was a genius.

Jim
she is definitely NOT stupid 😃 the world’s wisdom is foolishness to God… and vise versa…
 
she is definitely NOT stupid 😃 the world’s wisdom is foolishness to God… and vise versa…
You got that right…👍 .

Reminds me of the last line of Fr. Trochu’s book: “God exalts none but the humble”.
 
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