June 30

This sharing of love in His poor has brought us all so close to each other and so, closer to the poor; and by doing so we have come to know the poor. This knowledge has led us to love and sacrifice, to personal service for our neighbor. Therefore I appeal to every one of you, rich, young or old, to give your own hands to serve Christ in the poor and your hearts to love Him in them.

June 29

We have to realize that to be forgiven, we have to be able to forgive. If only the people in Northern Ireland and in other places could learn to forgive, I think peace would come to them.

June 28

We need to find God and God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees and flowers and grass - grown in silence. See the starts, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.

June 27

Sanctity is not a luxury for the few. It is a simple duty for you and me. I have to be a saint in my way and you in yours. Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful you will become more and more like Christ, for His heart was meek and He always thought of others.

June 26

I do not agree with the big way of doing things. To us, what matters is an individual. To get to love a person, we must come in close contact with him. If we wait till we get numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers, and we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person. I believe in person-to-person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment.

June 25

I don't want that you give from your abundance. I want you to understand through direct contact. The poor need deeds, not words. It is not my task to evaluate existing systems, economic, social, or political structures and ideologies. Everyone has a conscience and must follow it.

June 24

I will remember always the last time I visited Venezuela in South America. A rich family had given the Sisters land to build a children's home, so I went to thank them. And there in the family I found their eldest child was terribly disabled. And I asked the mother: What is the child's name? The mother answered: "Professor of Love, because this child is teaching us the whole time how to express love in action." There was a beautiful smile on the mother's face. "Professor or Love" they called their child, so terribly disabled, so disfigured!