I believe that politicians spend too little time on their
knees. I am convinced that they would be better politicians if they were to do
so.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 27
Monday, May 28, 2012
June 13
Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of
containing the gift of God himself.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 25
June 12
The saints are all the people who live according to the
law God has given us.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 23
June 11
Once when Saint Francis of Assisi ran into a leper who was
completely disfigured, he instinctively backed up. Right away he overcame the
disgust he felt and kissed the face that was completely disfigured. What was
the outcome of this? Francis felt himself filled with tremendous joy. He felt
totally in control of himself.
And the leper went on his way praising God.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 22
June 10
This is the secret we discover in the lives of some
saints: the ability to go beyond what is merely natural.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 22
June 9
To sometimes experience disgust is something quite
natural. The virtue, which at times is of heroic proportions, consists in being
able to overcome disgust, for the love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 22
June 8
The fact of death should not sadden us. The only thing
that should sadden us is to know that we are not saints.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 21
Friday, May 25, 2012
June 7
We should go out to meet people. Meet the people who live
afar and those who live very close by. Meet the materially poor or the spiritually
poor.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 21
June 6
If we do the work for God and for his glory, we may be
sanctified.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 21
June 5
Renunciation, temptations, struggles, persecutions, and
all kinds of sacrifices are what surround the soul that has opted for holiness.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 20
June 4
(In order to be saints) Our willingness is important because
it changes us into the image of God and likens us to him! The decision to be
holy is a very dear one.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 20
June 3
In order to be saints, you have to seriously want to be
one.
Saint Thomas Aquinas assures us that holiness “is nothing
else but a resolution made, the heroic act of a soul that surrenders to God.”
And he adds: “Spontaneously we love God, we run towards him, we get close to
him, we possess him.”
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 20
June 2
Holiness is not the luxury of a few. It is everyone’s
duty: yours and
mine.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 19
June 1
Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things.
It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in
accepting and following the will of God.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 17
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