The Least of These …
Our work is constant, our homes are full. The problems of the poor continue, so our work continues. Yet everyone, not just the Missionaries of Charity, can do something beautiful for God by reaching out to the poor people in their own countries. I see no lack of hesitation in helping others. I see only people filled with God’s love, wanting to do works of love.
This is the future—this is God’s wish for us—to serve through love in action, and to be inspired by the Holy Spirit to act when called.
—Mother Teresa
A Simple Path
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me,’ (Matthew 25:40). We need to read no further than this to sense our Lord’s heart for those in need. Jesus spoke these words of feeding the hungry, offering drink to the thirsty, welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, and visiting the incarcerated. As Mother Teresa says—and as she modeled consistently in her life—this is where our faith takes on legs, and hands, and hearts to love those the Father loves. May we all pray to see—and seize—these opportunities as they abound around us if we only look. Love someone today. —DH
—David Hoskins, Founder & Care Guide, Sanctuary Clinics