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“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, He will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' Rather He will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?' ” (Mother)
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Mother Teresa called us, “Carriers of God's love”. That is really all we have to give, and it is all people really need. Just as the sun's warmth causes the plants to spring up, God's love causes life to blossom. By carrying God's love, especially to those who seem to have the least reason to believe in it, we are making the Church fully present in the world today. This mission, we share not only with all Christians but with all humans.
Our particular mission is to live this life of love by dedicating ourselves to the service of the poorest of the poor wherever they are found. Why? Each Missionary of Charity responds in a personal way to the discovery of God's love and calling for him / her. The Missionary of Charity Brother is to be a friend to the poorest people, especially those most rejected and abandoned by others. The brother offers himself as an instrument of God’s love and expresses his friendship by comforting and helping the poor in their immediate needs. The nature of this service differs according to the needs of the place but it is usually a service through ordinary, humble works of day to day care and concern, always in personal contact with the poor. For instance: going out to search for the poor and lonely; bathing a sick man when he is brought in dirty from the streets; feeding the man who is dying and too weak to feed himself; sitting and listening to someone who has no friend to talk to; looking after the daily needs of the aged or mentally or physically handicapped who live with the brothers. The brothers visit the old and lonely people in institutions; they work with alcoholics addicts, the excluded, leprosy and AIDS sufferers, gypsies, the homeless and prisoners.
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