Every Christian must be an apostle, this is not a counsel, it is a commandment. My apostolate must be an apostolate of goodness. On seeing me people should say to themselves, since this man is so good, his religion must be good. And if I am asked why I am so gentle and good I must reply, because I am the servant of the One whose goodness is still greater. If only you knew how good my Master Jesus is!
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
The consolation is this and this our faith too: by our suffering and our failures, by our acceptance of the Cross, we unleash forces that help to overcome the evil in the world.
–Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) (attributed)
God still loves the world and He sends you and me to be His love and His compassion to the poor.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) (attributed)
My mother often said to me in the house, “Each time that you give something to a poor person, think that you are giving it to Jesus. Pay no regard to the value of what you give, but rather to the love that you have for the one who receives. That is to say, in giving something you must also give your heart. Consequently, never scorn the poor but, on the contrary, if it is an old man, respect him; if a child, have pity on him; if a sick person, support and help him. It is necessary that they are members of the mystical body of Jesus and also our brothers.”
–Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn (1928–1959)
Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
–Pope Francis (1936-
