Our vow of chastity is nothing but our undivided love for Christ in chastity, then we proceed to the freedom of poverty-poverty is nothing but freedom. And that total surrender is obedience. If I belong to God, if I belong to Christ, then he must be able to use me. That is obedience. Then we give wholehearted service to the poor. That is service. They complete each other. That is our life.

It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct

One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

There are others who take up that (liberating) role. I have no time to spend for that.

Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.

People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.