If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.

She lived almost fifty years of her life completely dedicated to the care of the poor and the marginalized. Astonishingly, for those nearly fifty years she identified completely with the poor she served by her own experience of being seemingly unwanted and unloved by God. In a mystical way — through this painful interior "darkness" — she tasted their greatest poverty of being "unwanted, unloved, and uncared for."

At the moment of death we will not be judged according to the number of good deeds we have done or by the diplomas we have received in our lifetime. We will be judged according to the love we have put into our work.

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.