Nakedness is not only for a piece of clothing; nakedness is lack of human
dignity, and also that beatiful virtue of purity, and lack of that respect
for each other.
Give until it hurts.
The world today is hungry not only for bread but hungry for love; hungry to
be wanted, to be loved.
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the
silence of the heart.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace,
because you know what you are.
Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have
done your best.
We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.
If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
Don't think that love, to be true, has to be extraordinary. What is necessary
is to continue to love. How does a lamp burn, if it is not by the continuous
feeding of little drops of oil? When there is no oil, there is no light and
the bridegroom will say: "I do not know you".
Dear friends, what are our drops of oil in our lamps? They are the small
things from every day life: the joy, the generosity, the little good things,
the humility and the patience. A simple thought for someone else. Our way to
be silent, to listen, to forgive, to speak and to act. That are the real
drops of oil that make our lamps burn vividly our whole life.
Don't think that love, to be true, has to be extraordinary. What is necessary
is to continue to love. How does a lamp burn, if it is not by the continuous
feeding of little drops of oil? When there is no oil, there is no light and
the bridegroom will say: "I do not know you".
the poor do not need our sympathy and our pity. The poor need our love and
compassion. They give us much more than we give them.
During a terrible time when millions of refugees fled to India, we asked for
help and many volunteers came and spent some months with us, just loving,
serving, giving tender love and care to our people. On their departure, they
said they had received much more than they had given.
Have a great weekend everyone -Selam Kenneeyu!
Debesai