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We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.
Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.
Every human being in that case resembles Christ in his loneliness; and that is the hardest part, that's real hunger.
O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead them to You!
If only one little unhappy child is made happy with the love of Jesus,...will it not be worth...giving all for that?
even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.
Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship
People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.
Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.
We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.
You who have received so much love, share it with others. Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness.
Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.
We must remember that life begins at home and we must also remember that the future of humanity passes through the family
Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray.
I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news to your own people.
We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.
Put your sins in the chalice for the precious blood to wash away. One drop is capable of washing away the sins of the world.
Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.
If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.
There is thing you can do but I can not and there is thing I can but you can not; so let us make something beautiful together
I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.
My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.
I have told everybody that what we are doing is for the love of God and works of love are always to accept and respect others.
The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven. And St. Peter said, 'Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.'
All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.
In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.
Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.
I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.
Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation.
What will we answer to Him about that child, that old father and mother, because they are His creation, they are children of God.
Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.
How many times we have picked up in the streets human beings who had been living like animals and were longing to die like angels!
Do not look for Jesus away from yourselves. He is not out there; He is in you. Keep your lamp burning, and you will recognize him.
We have no salaries. When one says he is from a good Catholic family and says he wants to help us, why should we refuse his offer?
Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together.
We do not strive for spectacular actions. What counts is the gift of yourself, the degree of love you put into each of your deeds.
I have a diplomatic passport for India, diplomatic passport for Albania. I have Vatican passport and to America, I can go any time.
At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books.
In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God.
You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.