June 25
“When focusing on our talents, we tend to forget that our real gift is not so much what we can do, but who we are. The real question is not 'What can we offer each other?' but 'Who can we be for each other?'
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Giving Jesus to the world
June 24
“You must put your love for God in a living action. It is not just I have to do it but I love to do it. And you are sharing through you, through your hands what God is proving to the world: That he loves the world and through you he keeps on giving Jesus to the world.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Your unique role in God’s plan
June 23
“What you are doing I cannot do, what I’m doing you cannot do, but together we are doing something beautiful for God, and this is the greatness of God’s love for us—to give us the opportunity to become holy through the works of love that we do because holiness is not the luxury of the few. It is a very simple duty for you, for me, you in your position, in your work and I and others, each one of us in the work, in the life that we have given our word of honor to God…”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Stay in His presence
June 22
“Sometimes of course, when we enter into God’s presence we will not find ourselves speechless. We will be ready to speak to him and to hear what he has to say to us. Usually he will respond in quiet inspirations and in the silent movement of our heart. His voice will fill our souls with consolation and courage. So if you are able to speak to the Lord, do it with words of prayer. Praise him. Listen to him.
But, if no matter how full your heart is with things you wish to say to God, your voice still fails you, stay right where you are in his presence. He will see you there, and bless your silence. And perhaps he will reach down and take you by the hand, walking with you, chatting with you, leading you gently through the garden of his love. Whatever happens, it is a great grace.”
-St. Francis de Sales
Do not be afraid of Christ!
June 21
“Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ—and you will find true life.”
-Pope Benedict XVI
What are you afraid to surrender to Christ
June 20
“Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to him, are we not afraid that He might take something away from us? Are we not perhaps afraid to give up something significant, something unique, something that makes life so beautiful? Do we not then risk ending up diminished and deprived of our freedom? And once again [St. John Paul II] said: No! If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful and great.”
-Pope Benedict XVI
True love sees the one, not the crowd
June 19
“I don’t agree with the big way of doing things. To us, what matters is an individual. To get to love the person, we must come in close contact with him. If we must wait till we get the numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers, and we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Living the faith
June 18
“Living the faith also means transmitting it to others. To do so, we have to walk alongside them; and on the way we have to listen to the difficulties they raise about the Christian message, and show them that we understand them so that they feel understood, enlightened, and oriented by our conversation. And thus, walking at their side, we will communicate the Gospel, the living word of God, to them with affection and warmth.
Get cracking!
June 17
“God wants you to be in the world, but so different from the world that you will change it. Get cracking.”
-Mother Angelica
The art of accompaniment
June 16
“The Church will have to initiate everyone—priests, religious and laity—into this ‘art of accompaniment’ which teaches us to remove our sandals before the sacred ground of the other (cf. Ex 3:5). The pace of this accompaniment must be steady and reassuring, reflecting our closeness and our compassionate gaze which also heals, liberates and encourages growth in the Christian life.”
-Pope Francis
