Love one another…
No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, ‘Love one another,’ so long as it is love to the end and without exceptions.
–Saint Maria of Paris (1891-1945)
Unless we are merciful…
If a box is filled with salt, it cannot be filled with sand, and if our hearts are filled with hatred of our neighbor, how can God fill them with His love? We must forgive others, for on no other condition will our own sins be forgiven. It is as simple as that. There can be and there will be no mercy toward us unless we ourselves are merciful.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Love enemies….
The real test of the Christian then is not how much he loves his friends, but how much he loves his enemies.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
The first exercise in simplicity…
The first exercise in simplicity is to accept oneself as one is. There are two tremendous results of this: one is humility; the other is that it enables other people to accept us as we are, and in this there is real charity.
–Caryll Houselander (1901-1954)
Do the small things…
There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Oil in our lamps…
What is necessary is to continue to love. How does a lamp burn, if it is not by the continuous feeding of little drops of oil? When there is no oil, there is no light and the bridegroom will say: “I do not know you.” Dear friends, what are our drops of oil in our lamps? They are the small things from every day life: the joy, the generosity, the little good things, the humility and the patience. A simple thought for someone else. Our way to be silent, to listen, to forgive, to speak and to act. That are the real drops of oil that make our lamps burn vividly our whole life.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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