"In the poor we meet Jesus in his most distressing disguises."
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"What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more. If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one."
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"God Is Using Gianna Jessen To Remind The World, That Each Human Being Is Precious To Him."
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"If you are looking for vocations, as a community have adoration every day. Once the Missionaries of Charity started daily adoration, their vocations doubled"
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"It is not possible to speak of the right to choose when a clear moral evil is involved, when what is at stake is the commandment, Do not kill!"
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"I have the feeling that we are in such a hurry that we do not have time to look at one another and smile."
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"Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor."
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"Anybody who helps the poor is delighted."
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"I always say "if you are afraid of them (the unborn), give them to me. Please, don't kill them.""
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"Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others."
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"I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news to your own people."
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"If you want to pray better, you have to pray more."
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"But still, everything is for Jesus; so like that everything is beautiful, even though it is difficult."
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"These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers."
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"If you try, you will find it impossible to do one great thing. You can only do many small things with great love."
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"People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves."
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"Peace begins wilt smile."
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"It is not possible to engage in the direct apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must be aware of oneness with Christ, as he was aware of oneness with his Father. Our activity is truly apostolic only insofar as we permit him to work in us and through us with his power, with his desire, with his love."
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"The work we do is only our love for Jesus in action...If we pray the work...if we do it to Jesus, if we do it for Jesus, if we do it with Jesus...that's what makes us content."
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"Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life."
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