On the Life of a Missionary
The life of a missionary is not strewn with roses, in fact more with thorns; but with it all, it is a life full of happiness and joy when she thinks that she is doing the same work which Jesus was doing when He was on earth, and that she is fulfilling Jesus’ commandment: ‘Go and teach all nations!’
–Mother Teresa
true love.
Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn, Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
–Saint John of the Cross
in a cave or in a hole, one always seeks for light.
Life of Francis of Assisi by José Benlliure y Gil
Truth
Christopher West on “What is Lent?”
On Becoming a Saint
“If I ever become a saint—I will surely be one of ‘darkness.’ I will continually be absent from Heaven—to light the light of those in darkness on earth.”
–Mother Teresa