The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.īeing unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.Įven the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own. The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted. Joy is prayer joy is strength: joy is love joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Many people mistake our work for our vocation. The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.īe faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home. Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. We will be judged by “I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.Īt the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. But we can do small things with great love. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, ‘How many good things have you done in your life?’ rather he will ask, ‘How much love did you put into what you did? Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. What we need is to love without getting tired. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.ĭo not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. They include some of the most inspirational Mother Theresa love quotes.Įvery time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Quotes by Mother Teresa, Christian Missionary.
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