THE WORDS OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN SERVANT: MOTHER TERESA

THE WORDS OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN SERVANT: MOTHER TERESA

Five years ago, George Wachirah of Kenya compiled the inspiring quotations of an extraordinary woman who personified exemplary service in the Kingdom of God.  She is known to the world simply as Mother Teresa of Calcutta.  Her words reflect the substantial commitment and substantive depth of her work with the lonely, the sick, the dying and the destitute. 

Nevertheless, Mother Teresa’s agape love was manifested more so by her works, not merely in her words.  A collection of selected teachings and quotations follow, clearly revealing her character and calling:

Every time you smile at someone, it is an act of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

I have found a paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out.  To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.  What we need is to love without getting tired.

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents, parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of the peace of this world.

It is easy to love people far away.  It is not always easy to love those close to us.  It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home.  Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a genuine smile is the beginning of love.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put into our actions.

Peace begins with a smile.

Spread love everywhere you go.  Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation than for bread.  We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.  The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.  We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

In this life we cannot do great things.  We can only do small things with great love.

In closing, it is my view that the world is in dire need of more people who love sacrificially, like Mother Teresa.  Love in action is the true essence and significance of agape.  Mother Teresa’s message of love and hope lives on.  It is now up to all of us to continue.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!