February 5

There was the man we picked up from the drain, half eaten by worms and, after we had brought him to the Home for the dying in Kalighat, he only said; "I have lived like an animal, but I am going to die as an angel, loved and cared for." Then, after we removed all the worms from his body, all he said, with a big smile, was: "Sister, I'm going home to God," and he died. It was so wonderful to see the greatness of a man who could speak like that without blaming anybody, without comparing anything. This is the greatness of people who are spiritually rich even when they are materially poor.