It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us.
We need to give Christ a chance to make use of us, to be His word and His work, to share His food and His clothing in the world today. If we do not radiate the light of Christ around us, the sense of the darkness that prevails in the world will increase.
We will never know how much just a simple smile will do.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.
God made the world for the delight of human beings.
Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity to peace.
The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.
We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.
Of all the diseases I have known, loneliness is the worst.
The greatest good is what we do for others.
If people spent one hour per week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended.
We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.
Together we can do great things.
If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don’t.
Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch...
I have the feeling that we are in such a hurry that we do not have time to look at one another and smile.
If you ask children in the west where’s God, they’d point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.
You can and you must expect suffering.
Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.
Real prayer is union with God,...