This, my beloved priests, is what it means to be consecrated to me: it means to live for me; it means to perceive things as I do, to love and to suffer with me in preparation for the great moments that are awaiting you.
Blue Book 21v
You have only today. Only this moment to be obedient unto death. Only this moment to burn with a fire that knows neither beginning nor end. Only this moment to spill yourself out in service to neighbor. For you must prove to your beloved that you love him. Words are not enough!
Grace in Every Season (February 1)
Suffering inevitably comes to everyone’s life, in one form or another. It’s how we look at it and what we do with it, how much love we put into it, that makes the difference.
Mother Teresa used to say, “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”