Each time anyone comes in contact with us, they must become different and better people because of having met us. We must radiate God's love.

you [priests] are called 'another Christ.'

Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation.

You who have received so much love, share it with others. Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness.

As each Sister is to become a Co-Worker of Christ in the slums, each ought to understand what God and the Missionaries of Charity expect from her. Let Christ radiate and live his life in her and through her in the slums. Let the poor, seeing her, be drawn to Christ and invite him to enter their homes and their lives. Let the sick and suffering find in her a real angel of comfort and consolation. Let the little ones of the streets cling to her because she reminds them of him, the friend of the little ones.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others to do something.