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"Our Father, here I am, at your disposal, your child, to use me to continue your loving the world, by giving Jesus to me and through me, to each other that we allow Jesus to love in us and through us with the love with which His Father loves him."
"There are only two ways: either we love-and love in action is service - or we put hatred into action and destroy."
"I am a little pencil in God's hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it is really hard because it is a broken pencil and He has to sharpen it a little more."
"If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things."
"If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows."
"Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility"
"It often happens that those who spend their time giving light to others, remain in darkness themselves."
"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."
"Be faithful in little things, for in them your strength lies. To the good God nothing is little, because He is so great and we are so small."
"We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the energy to do what they are doing?' The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, 'Come to Me.' He is hungry for souls."
"If we can not love the person whom we see, how can we love God whom we can not see?"
"I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it."
"Sometimes a good feeling from inside is worth much more than a beautician."
"The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life."
"Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and I! The current is God! We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and thus to generate the light of the world: JESUS - or to refuse to be used and, thus, allow the darkness to spread."
"To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God."
"Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never."
"There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love"
"Every act of love is a work of peace no matter how small."
"Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin."