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Rose Philippine Duchesne

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, R.S.C.J. (August 29, 1769 – November 18, 1852), was a French religious sister and educator. Along with the foundress, Madeleine-Sophie Barat, she was a prominent early member of the Religious Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and founded the congregation's first communities in the United States. She spent the last half of her life teaching and serving the people of the Midwestern United States, then the western frontier of the nation.

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You may dazzle the mind with a thousand brilliant discoveries of natural science; you may open new worlds of knowledge which were never dreamed of before; yet, if you have not developed in the soul of the pupil strong habits of virtue which will sustain her in the struggle of life, you have not educated her, but only put in her hand a powerful instrument of self-destruction.

Faith, Powerful, Strong, Sustain, Virtue

How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness.

Beautiful, Consoling, Happiness, Joy, Promise, Return

The dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of success in our work here. If a saint had been in charge, all would have gone well.

Charge, Dear Lord, Gone, Saint, Share, Undoubtedly

It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr of charity.

Charity, Faith, Joy, Martyr, Realize, Sacrifice

Jesus went before us on the narrow path along which He beckons us to follow Him.

Follow, Jesus, Narrow, Narrow Path, Path

The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble.

Astonish, Grace, Graces, Make, Reflect, Tremble

He who has Jesus has everything.

Everything, Jesus

Strengthen in us, O God, the work You have begun in us.

Begun, God, Strengthen, Work

I love my solitude, and I would love it still more if I had more of it.

Ifs, Love, Solitude, Stills

We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is never lacking; may it be our consolation.

Care, Entirely, May, Peace, Providence, Sweet

Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine.

Desire, Jesus, Labor, Thee, Thine

Strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which we live.

Age, Character, Live, Principles, Stand

Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.

Explate, Realizing, Sinner, Sinners, Suffer, Suffering

For a long time a very strong and deep attraction has drawn me to missionary life.

Attraction, Deep, Long, Missionary, Strong, Time

My prayers are just an outpouring of gratitude for the assurance of that most completely desired Will of God, which will seem all the more desirable in all that is ahead.

Ahead, Desirable, Gods Will, Gratitude, Prayer

Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.

Cross, Eucharist, Giving, Rest In Peace, Sleep, Uphold

We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self.

Faith, God, Holds, Religious, Self, Small

Really, it is the Lord who carries the cross, for He knows how to make the soul content with little or no consolation and always to find strength in the words. . . "Thy will be done. "

Carries, Content, Done, Littles, Soul

Let's try not to be exacting with other people, but rather to pass over in silence those thousand little annoyances that tend to irritate us. For we know that no one is perfect in this life, and we must put up with the defects of others as they put up with ours.

Defects, Life, People, Perfect, Silence

Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did.

Follow, Heaven, Jesus, Road, Way

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