Mother Theresa prayer

 Holiness is union with God. When we are holy—in prayer and action alike—we come from God in Christ and go to God through Christ. Jesus said, “Love one another as I have loved you.” These words should be a light to us, a flame consuming the selfishness that prevents the growth of holiness.

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Resist anything that leads to moodiness. Our prayer each day should be, “Let the joy of the Lord be my strength.” Cheerfulness and joy were Our Lady’s strength. This made her a willing handmaid of God. Only joy could have given her the strength to go in haste over the hills of Judea to her cousin Elizabeth, there to do the work of a handmaid. If we are to be true handmaids of the Lord, then we too, each day, must go cheerfully in haste over the hills of difficulties.