Ave Maria Meditations
In Haiti just as in England, Spain, Italy, or India there are unhappy people everywhere. Not only because they don’t have any bread to eat. No, they hunger for love, understanding, and companionship. They suffer from loneliness, the feeling of being unwanted and rejected, a poverty of the soul. These are the things that can be far worse than being hungry or not having enough material goods….
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Let’s not live distracted lives. Let us know ourselves so that we can better understand our brothers and sisters. lf we want to understand those with whom we live, we need to understand ourselves first of all. Sometimes we see how joy returns to the lives of the most destitute when they realize that many among us are concerned about them and show them our love.
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Even their health improves if they are sick, after all, was it not Christ himself who said, “Every time you did it to the least of my brethren, you did it to me?” You are not to be indifferent to the suffering of others, but it is meant to affect you deeply.
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Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
