This week at our Lent with Thomas Merton group, one of the pieces we discussed included the following by Mother Teresa from her book One Heart Full of Love. Just something to think about.
“What a beautiful thought and conviction for us, that we can be that love and mercy right in our homes, above all. Then we can be that love and mercy for our next-door neighbours and for our neighbours down the street. But do we know our neighbours? Do we know the poor in our neighbourhood? It’s easier for us to talk and talk about the poor in far away places. We are often surrounded by the sick and the abandoned. We are often among people who are despised, outcast, and depressed. We have many elderly whom we don’t even know. At times, we don’t even have the time to smile at these people.â€