Inspirations

"Charity is never so lovely as when one has lost consciousness that one is practicing charity. "You mean I helped you? I was enjoying myself. I was just doing my dance. It helped you, that's wonderful. Congratulations to you. No credit to me." -- Anthony DeMello

It was said about John the Little that one day he said to his older brother: I want to be free from care and not to work but to worship God without interruption. And he took his robe off, and went into the desert. After staying there one week, he returned to his brother. And when he knocked at the door, his brother asked without opening it: Who is it? He replied: It's John, your brother. The brother said: John has become an angel and is not among people anymore. Then he begged and said: It's me! But his brother did not open the door and left him there in distress until the next morning. And he finally opened the door and said: If you are a human being, you have to work again in order to live. Then John repented, saying: Forgive me, brother, for I was wrong. Sayings of the Desert Fathers

THE METHOD by Mother Teresa

God loves a cheerful giver. She or he gives best who gives

with a smile.

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But never lose heart. We always -- thank God...can smile. At least

you can smile if nothing else.

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Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.

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Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us.

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SUMMUM BONUM

I must do something.

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Give me courage.

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Let's do something beautiful for God.





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