The mass is the spiritual food that sustains me, without which I could not get through one single day or hour in my life; in the mass we have Jesus in the appearance of bread. While in the slums we see Christ and touch him in the broken bodies, in the abandoned children.

I am busy with my work. My path is clear. I see somebody dying, I pick him up. I find somebody hungry, I give him food. He can love and be loved. I don't look at his color, I don't look at his religion.

Anybody who helps the poor is delighted. So naturally, they (critics) are not very happy with us.

I think that a person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. If this person puts his money at the service of others, then he is rich, very rich.

Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness.

Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and sweep the floor.

When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.