Devotions based on Mother Teresa/No Greater Love “The prize with which God rewards our self-abandonment is Himself.” Suffering will never be completely absent from our lives but we must not be afraid of suffering. Our suffering can be a means of love if we make use of it. Suffering in itself is useless but suffering…

Devotions from Mother Teresa/No Greater Love “We know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else.” We are all sinners needing forgiveness and we must be forgiven in order to be able to forgive others.  “Only in confession can we go as sinners with sin and come…

Devotions from Mother Teresa/No Greater Love “God has not created poverty; it is we who have created it. Before God, all of us are poor.”  Poverty is not just being hungry for food, but hungry for human dignity.  This is the hunger to be loved, to be wanted, and to feel the presence of Christ.…

Devotions from Mother Teresa/No Greater Love “Don’t pass by the cross; it is a place of grace.”  All of us have to carry our own cross, all of us have to accompany Jesus in His ascent to Calvary if we want to reach the summit with Him.  This means we have to empty ourselves of…

Devotions from Mother Teresa/No Greater Love How do we work and keep our attention fully on the Lord?  It seems impossible but the important thing is that our it is our intention and the desire of our heart that our work be done with Jesus and for Him.  It is what He wants…our will and…

Devotions from Mother Teresa/No Greater Love Holiness is meant for all of us  and the first step to becoming holy is to will it. Holiness consists in carrying out God’s will with joy, it is renouncing our own will, it is running toward Him!  TO become holy we need humility and prayer as we lift…

 Devotions based on Mother Teresa/No Greater Love Mother Teresa said “Give of your hands to serve and your hearts to love.” She emphasizes the importance of giving of ourselves as we give to others…not just money or goods, but the love we put into our giving. Ours is not to pass judgment on others but…

Devotions based on Mother Teresa/No Greater Love It has been very convicting  to read Mother Teresa’s thoughts on love as it shows me my  “anemic” love for the Lord. I pray she inspires you as she does me to open myself more to His love and to show that love to others. She says for…

Devotions from a book on Mother Teresa /No Greater Love Mother Teresa is known for her immense compassion and openness and her service to the poor. Though she was small in stature, she was great in spirit and cared for those the world neglects.  She didn’t depend on her own strength but relied on the…

Devotions based on an article by Diana Murphy Time!! Do we ever have enough hours in a day?  Do we somehow think we can keep up with our frenzied lifestyle indefinitely? What do we do when everything we want to accomplish consumes our time to the point of exhaustion? Jesus came to give life and…