There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.

Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess

Be faithful to the time spent in prayer and make sure that at least half of your prayer is spent in silence. This will bring you closer to Jesus. If you deepen your prayer life you will grow in holiness and obtain many graces for the souls entrusted to your care. Deepen your love for one another by praying for each other and by sharing thoughts and graces you have received in prayer and reading.

It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

If you have a sick or lonely person at home, be there. Maybe just to hold a hand, maybe just to give a smile, that is the greatest, the most beautiful work.

The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give.