Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do. Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. (Hence), Do ordinary things with extraordinary love - Saint Teresa of Calcutta
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, if we wish to attain heaven, we must be prepared to truly follow Christ by cutting off every and all things that will make us not attain the kingdom of heaven by resisting our evil inclinations. Then through sacrifice, give up things that are needed and that are dearest to our human nature and avoid the temptations of the devil.
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving
My dear friends in Christ, saying “yes” to God entails loving Him and surrendering to Him by listening to His Word, accepting His Word, and putting His Word in practice. So let us say “no” to the world and “yes” to God like Joshua and Simon Peter in today’s readings, then firmly follow Christ by truly believing in Him and by showing the world that He has the words of eternal life and is indeed the Holy One of God.
