The Love of Christ Quotes

“Joy is the net of love by which we can capture souls. God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoever gives with joy gives more. The best way to show our gratitude to God and to people is to accept with joy.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“I believe that people today think the poor are not humans like them. They look down on them. But if they had a deep respect for the poor, I am sure it would be easy for them to come closer to them, and to see that they have as much right to the things of life and to love as anybody has. In these times of development, everybody is in a hurry and rushing about, and on the way there are people falling down, people who do not have the strength to run. It is these that we want to help and take care of.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“Let Him empty and transform you ;and afterwards fill the chalice of your hearts to the brim, that you in your turn, may give of your abundance. Seek Him. Knowledge will make you strong as death. Love Him trustfully without looking back, without fear. Believe that Jesus and Jesus alone is life. Serve Jesus, casting aside and forgetting all that troubles or worries you, make loved the love that is not loved.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so; God is there.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in your way is a sign that God wants you to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“I ask Him to make a saint of me, yet I must leave to Him the choice of that saintliness itself and still more the choice of the means that lead to it.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“Love has a hem to her garment that reaches the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“In order to survive, love has to be nourished by sacrifices. The words of Jesus, ‘Love one another as I have loved you,’ must be not only a light to us but a flame that consumes the self in us.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“Never let anyone come to you without coming away better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“Keep the light of Christ always shining bright in your hearts.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“Love is a fruit always in season, and no limit is set. Everyone can reach this love.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“The poor are God’s gift; they are our love. Christ will not ask how much we did but how much love we put into what we did.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“Joy is a power, and the poor followed Jesus because power dwelled in Him, ‘went forth’ from Him, flowed from His eyes, His hands, His body, totally given, present, to God, to people.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“If you learn the art of self-restraint and thoughtfulness, you will become more and more like Christ. His heart is all recompense, and He always thought of others. Jesus went about only doing good. At Cana, our Blessed Mother thought only of the needs of others and made them known to Jesus. The thoughtfulness of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph was so great that they made Nazareth a privileged abode of the Most High. If we had the same solicitude for one another, our communities would truly become a privileged abode of the Most High.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“One cannot expect to become a saint without paying the price, and the price is much renunciation, much temptation, much struggle and persecution, and all sorts of sacrifices. One cannot love God except at the cost of oneself.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“He reduces Himself to such a small piece of bread that the priest can hold Him between two fingers.”
― Mother Teresa , The Love of Christ

“Make every effort to walk in the presence of God, to see God in everyone you meet, and to live your morning meditation throughout the day. In the streets in particular, radiate the joy of belonging to God, of living with Him and being His. For this reason, in the streets, in the shelters, in your work, you should always be praying with all your heart and all your soul. Maintain the silence that Jesus maintained for thirty years at Nazareth, and that He still maintains in the tabernacle, interceding for us. Pray like the Virgin Mary, who kept all things in her heart through prayer and meditation, and still does, as mediatrix of all graces.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ

“It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not our plenitude. These are a few of the ways we can practice humility:
Speak as little as possible of oneself.
Mind one's own business.
Avoid curiosity.
Do not want to manage other people's affairs.
Accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.
Pass over the mistakes of others.
Accept blame when innocent.
Yield to the will of others.
Accept insults and injuries.
Accept being slighted, forgotten, and disliked.
Be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Do not seek to be specially loved and admired.
Never stand on one's dignity.
Yield in discussion even when one is right.
Choose always the hardest.”
― Mother Teresa, The Love of Christ