Prayer of Mother Teresa
Dear Jesus, Help me to spread my fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. + St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Spiritual
God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth. John 4:24
“We must always meditate on God’s wisdom, keeping it in our hearts and on our lips.” + St. Ambrose, bishop (340-397 A.D.)
“Let us become spiritual; let us be a perfect dwelling place for God.” + St. Barnabas, apostle (unknown – 61 A.D.)
“For all who gaze upon the Sun of Justice, he is their supreme delight.” + St. Gregory of Agrigentum, bishop (unknown – 594 A.D.)
“If we are indeed the temple of God and if the Spirit of God lives in us, then what every believer has within himself is greater than what he admires in the skies.” + St. Leo the Great, pope (400-461 A.D.)
“Each of us must examine his thoughts, words and deeds, to see whether they are directed toward Christ or are turned away from him.” + St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop (335-394 A.D.)
“There should be in us a kind of spiritual paradise where God may walk and be our sole ruler with his Christ.” + Origen, priest (185-251 A.D.)
“If you do not know how to contemplate the glory of heaven, take comfort in the passion of Christ, and dwell willingly in his sacred wounds.” + Thomas a Kempis, religious (1380-1471 A.D.)
“My little children, reflect on these words: the Christian’s treasure is not on earth but in heaven.” + St. John Vianney, priest (1786-1859 A.D.)
“Christ is the wellspring of our life.” + St. Hilary, bishop (315-367 A.D.)
“That brilliant lamp which was lit for the sake of salvation should always shine in us.” + St. Chromatius, bishop (unknown – 407 A.D.)
“God is seen by those who have the capacity to see him, provided that they keep the eyes of their mind open.” + St. Theophilus of Antioch, bishop (unknown – 181 A.D.)
“The spirit of a strong and stable character strengthened by meditation endures; this unshaken spirit, which is strengthened by a certain and solid faith in the future will be enlivened against all the terrors of the devil and threats of this world.” + St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr (208-258 A.D.)
“Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace, except in the wounds of the Savior?” + St. Bernard, abbot (1090-1153 A.D.)
“If we reason correctly, and use also the testimony of Scripture, we can see that Christ did not receive the Spirit for himself, but rather for us in him; for it is also through Christ that all gifts come down to us.” + St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop (375-444 A.D.)
“It is our supreme delight to behold Christ and contemplate his divine splendor with the eyes of our spirit.” + St. Gregory of Agrigentum, bishop (unknown – 594 A.D.)
“All spiritual growth comes from reading and reflection.” + St. Isidore, bishop (560-636 A.D.)
“We ourselves sin if we do not realize what we have been called from, who has called us, and to what place, and how much suffering Jesus Christ endured on our account.” + From a homily written in the second century
“It is very good and holy to consider the passion of our Lord and to meditate on it, for by this sacred path we reach union with God.” + St. Paul of the Cross, priest (1694-1775 A.D.)
“I know that you are not inflated with pride, for you have Jesus Christ within you.” + St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr (35-98 A.D.)
“Christ is formed in him who receives Christ’s mold, who clings to him in spiritual love. By imitating him he becomes, as far as is possible to his condition, what Christ is.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)
“God reigns in each of his holy ones. Anyone who is holy obeys the spiritual laws of God, who dwells in him as in a well-ordered city.” + Origen, priest (185-251 A.D.)
“As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ.” + St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop (335-394 A.D.)
“The Son of Man has come not to be served, but to serve, and to give his own life as a ransom for many. Consider how the Lord served, and see what kind of servants he bids us to be.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)
“If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name.” + St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop (335-394 A.D.)
“Only by reflecting upon the meaning of the incarnation can we see how it is possible to say with perfect truth both that Christ suffered and that he was incapable of suffering, and why the Word of God, in himself incapable of suffering, came to suffer.” + St. Anastasius of Antioch, bishop (559-598 A.D.)
“Hear and see.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)
