the poor

Christ’s passion for humanity

Little Sisters Hackney — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:43:01 +0000

We want to be there where human brokenness hides the true face of God and with our whole life share Christ’s passion for humanity. read more »

The evangelisation that I am called to live

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:44:25 +0000

The evangelisation that I am called to live is not through the word but through the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, the offering of the sacrifice of the Mass. It is through prayer and penance and the practice of the Gospel virtues - love, fraternal and universal love, sharing even my last mouthful of bread with every poor person, with every visitor, every stranger, and welcoming each person as a beloved brother or sister. read more »

Seek Jesus and love him in the "little ones"

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:44:24 +0000

Near the end of his life, Brother Charles said: I think that there is no passage of the Gospel that has made a deeper impression on me or changed my life more than this one: "Whatever you do to one of these little ones, you do it to me." If we think of it, that these are the words of Uncreated Truth, words from the mouth that said, "This is my body... this is my blood..." then how forcefully we are impelled to seek Jesus and love him in the "little ones". read more »

It's the same thing every day

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:35:37 +0000

It's the same thing every day, poor people, sick people, one after the other. I reproach myself interiorly for not spending enough time in prayer and purely spiritual things. By day people never stop knocking at my door, and at night when it would be a good time for it I fall asleep like a wretch. read more »

How quickly someone will become poor

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:30:06 +0000

My Lord Jesus, how quickly someone will become poor who, loving you with all their heart, cannot accept to be richer than their Beloved. How quickly they will become poor who accepts with faith your words: If you wish to be perfect, go and sell all you own and give the money to the poor. Blessed are the poor. read more »

It takes forcefulness to defend the weak

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:18:58 +0000

There is one case when we must resist evil forcefully. It is when it is not a case of defending ourselves but of protecting others. It takes forcefulness to defend the weak and the innocent when their oppressors wrong them. The spirit of peace is not a spirit of weakness but a spirit of strength. read more »

The suffering members of Jesus’ body

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:18:58 +0000

Have a love that goes with special preference towards the humble and the poor, remembering that it is directly to Jesus that the smallest act of kindness and love is addressed when it is done to the least among his brothers and sisters. Welcome them with respect and love, be all the more considerate towards them, for they are the suffering members of Jesus’ body. read more »

Near the end of his life

JC Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:16:32 +0000

The poor will evangelize you

JC Administrator — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:31:22 +0000

You will not forget that it is very often the little and the poor who will evangelize you and reveal Jesus to you. read more »

Sharing Life and Contemplation

JC Administrator — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:52:05 +0000

A contemplative life and incessant activity

I will try briefly to answer your questions: How can one lead a truly authentic contemplative life while working amidst the incessant activity of life in a city or wherever? And how do the Little Brothers do this? read more »