American Kestrel, Nisqually National Wildlife Reserve, Washington, USA
Some of the most powerful things come in small packages. Things like the American Kestrel (sparrow hawk) or the infinite God, who is love itself, becoming a small baby born in a manger. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas this advent season, let us spend a few moments praying and contemplating the small things we can do with the tremendous power of love working through faith. Perhaps a few of the following quotes from St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta might help in your prayer and contemplation on the small things.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Good works are links that form a chain of love.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.
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