One of the books on my reading list for the summer is ‘No Greater Love’ by Mother Teresa. This is a book that I’ve gotten out from the library quite a few times and have read over and over. It is one of my absolutely favourite books. For me, Mother Teresa’s words are full of passion and conviction. Mother Teresa certainly isn’t known for writing theology, she is known for her life of service to the poor and radical dedication to Jesus. Knowing that these words spring from such a life, make them all the more precious and meaningful to me. This book is a great one for me to read at camp. Mother Teresa speaks over and over about being selfless service, prayer, falling in love with Jesus, and seeing Jesus in the least likely places and the least likely people.
Right now I’m just a few chapters in. Since I enjoy quotes so much and I’ve been making tons of underlines in my Kindle as I’ve been reading, I thought I’d post some quotes that have stood out to me so far:
The fruit of love is service.
Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything. It is the person that matters. I believe in person-to-person encounters.
If we don’t pray, our presence will have no power; our words will have no power.
Tomorrow if He finds somebody more helpless, more hopeless, I think He will do still greater things with her and through her.
I think that the person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. However, if such a person puts her money at the service of others, then she is rich, very rich.
Our works of charity are nothing but the overflow of our love of God from within.
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If your heart is full of love, you will speak of love. I want you all to fill your hearts with great love. Don’t imagine that love, to be true and burning must be extraordinary. No; what we need in our love is the continuous desire to love the One we love.
We are called to love the world. And God loved the world so much that He gave Jesus. Today He loves the world so much that He gives you and me to be His love, His compassion, and His presence, through a life of prayer, of sacrifice, of surrender to God.
Often a deep and fervent look at Christ is the best prayer: I look at Him and He looks at me. When you come face to face with God, you cannot but know that you are nothing, that you have nothing.
Right now I’m just a few chapters in. Since I enjoy quotes so much and I’ve been making tons of underlines in my Kindle as I’ve been reading, I thought I’d post some quotes that have stood out to me so far:
The fruit of love is service.
Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything. It is the person that matters. I believe in person-to-person encounters.
If we don’t pray, our presence will have no power; our words will have no power.
Tomorrow if He finds somebody more helpless, more hopeless, I think He will do still greater things with her and through her.
I think that the person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. However, if such a person puts her money at the service of others, then she is rich, very rich.
Our works of charity are nothing but the overflow of our love of God from within.
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If your heart is full of love, you will speak of love. I want you all to fill your hearts with great love. Don’t imagine that love, to be true and burning must be extraordinary. No; what we need in our love is the continuous desire to love the One we love.
We are called to love the world. And God loved the world so much that He gave Jesus. Today He loves the world so much that He gives you and me to be His love, His compassion, and His presence, through a life of prayer, of sacrifice, of surrender to God.
Often a deep and fervent look at Christ is the best prayer: I look at Him and He looks at me. When you come face to face with God, you cannot but know that you are nothing, that you have nothing.
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