If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but of those who are trying to become saints. Therefore let us be extremely patient with each other’s faults and failures.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Make sure that 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 work with a smile.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Let this be the pattern for all: show mercy to others in the same way, with the same generosity, with the same promptness, as you want others to show mercy to you.
— Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450)
One day a soldier asked an elder whether God grants pardon to sinners. The elder answered, ‘Tell me, my good friend, if your cloak is torn do you throw it away?’ the soldier replied, ‘No. I mend it and continue to use it.’ The elder concluded, ‘If you take good care of your cloak, will not God be merciful to his own image.?
–Desert Fathers (and Mothers)
How can you have the effrontery to ask for what you refuse to give to others? You must show mercy in this world if you want to receive mercy in heaven.
— Saint Caesarius of Arles (460-542)
