Nakedness is not only for a piece of clothing; nakedness
is lack of human dignity, and also that beautiful virtue
of purity, and lack of that respect for
each other.
There is a terrible hunger for love. We
all experience that in our lives - the pain, the
loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The
poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love
them.
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen,
for God speaks in the silence of the
heart.
Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your
face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your
greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give
your care, but give your heart as well.
The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less
you give. But the less you have the more free you are.
Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not a mortification, a
penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television
here, no this, no that. But we are perfectly happy.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise
nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure
as long as you have done your best.
There is only one God and He is God
to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen
as equal before God. I've always said we
should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim
become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better
Catholic.
If we really want to love we must learn
how to forgive.
It is a poverty to decide that an unborn child must die
so that you may live as you like.
If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love
If we love, we will serve.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
You and I, we are the Church, no? We
have to share with our people. Suffering today is because
people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing. Jesus
made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my
brethren, you do it to me. Give a glass of water, you
give it to me. Receive a little
child, you receive me. Clear.
Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor
for helping us to love God better
because of them.
Make us worthy, Lord, to serve
those people throughout the world who live and die in
poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands, this
day, their daily bread, and by our understanding love,give
them peace and joy.
Give me courage.
I must do something.
Let's do something beautiful for God.
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