March 14

We get so many visitors every day at Mother House in Calcutta. When I meet them I give each one my "business card." On it is written: "The fruit of silence is prayer; The fruit of prayer is faith; The fruit of faith is love; The fruit of love is service; The fruit of service is peace. This is very good "business!" And it makes people think. Sometimes, they ask me to explain it. But you see, everything begins with prayer that is born in the silence of our hearts. Among yourselves you can share your own experience of your need to pray, and how you found prayer, and what the fruit of prayer has been in your own lives."