Humble like Mary…
Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
If Jesus wants you…
We are at Jesus’ disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that’s all right, everything is all right. We must say, “I belong to you. You can do whatever you like.” And this…is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
To love others…
To love others as God loves you, that is the measure of success.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Charity is the bond…
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
A harvest of trials…
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
True holiness consists…
Make sure you let God’s grace work in your souls by accepting whatever he gives you, and giving him whatever he takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God’s will with a smile. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your own weakness.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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