Mahatma Gandhi 2

Mahtama Gandhi on Non-violence

My religion is based on truth and non-violence.

Truth is my God.

Non-violence is the means of realizing Him. Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will.

Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith.

It is also the last article of my creed.

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

Peace is its own reward.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

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Mahatma Gandhi 1

Insights from Mahatma Gandhi I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could. God is, even though the whole world denies him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless. God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress. Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed. I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another. I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following. I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force. If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty. If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. In a gentle way, you can shake the world. In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place. In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth. Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings. It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head. It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. <<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: brainyquote.com <<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>> Contact E-Mail: vmalpan.blogspot.com Thank you for visiting this blog.

Blessed Mother Theresa 2

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.

Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them.

So, spread your love everywhere you go. Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

Peace begins with a smile. Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

There are no great things, only small things with great love.

God is the friend of silence.

See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

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Praying with the Bible 1

Make an act of faith in the loving presence of the Triune God: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit... Be aware of where you are and what you are feeling just now... joy, sorrow, anxiety, doubt, anger, restlessness,... Be aware of the setting Sun in the above picture... spend a few moments looking at it... Be quiet... Let every negative experience flow away from you... The Triune God is present and active in you here and now... ................................................................................ Let us pray the following verses of the Psalm line by line with faith and experience its healing power... "O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it; for his hand s formed the dry land." O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!" :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: (Psalm 95:1-6) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Contact E-Mail: vmalpan@gmail.com

Prayers from Francis of Assisi

Born: 1182 -- Died:1226 A. D.

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The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis

"O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is discord, harmony.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sorrow, joy.

Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon

of St. Francis of Assisi:

Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord,

All praise is Yours, all glory, all honour and all blessings.

To you alone, Most High, do they belong,

and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name.

Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,

especially Sir Brother Sun,

Who is the day through whom You give us light.

And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,

Of You Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praised be You, my Lord,

through Sister Moon and the stars,

In the heavens you have made them

bright, precious and fair.

Praised be You, my Lord,

through Brothers Wind and Air,

And fair and stormy, all weather's moods,

by which You cherish all that You have made.

Praised be You my Lord through Sister Water,

So useful, humble, precious and pure.

Praised be You my Lord through Brother Fire,

through whom You light the night

and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.

Praised be You my Lord through our Sister,

Mother Earthwho sustains and governs us,

producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

Praise be You my Lord through those who grant

pardon for love of You and bear sickness and trial.

Blessed are those who endure in peace,

By You Most High, they will be crowned.

Praised be You, my Lord through Sister Death,

from whom no-one living can escape.

Woe to those who die in mortal sin!

Blessed are they She finds doing Your Will.

No second death can do them harm.

Praise and bless my Lord and give Him thanks,

And serve Him with great humility.

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St. Francis of Assisi's prayer praising Mary the Mother of Jesus

Hail, holy Lady, most holy Queen,Mary,

Mother of God, ever Virgin.

You were chosen by the Most High Father in heaven,

consecrated by Him, with His most Holy Beloved Son

and the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.

On you descended and still remains

all the fullness of grace and every good.

Hail, His Palace.Hail His Tabernacle.Hail His Robe.

Hail His Handmaid.Hail, His Mother and Hail, all holy Virtues,

who, by grace and inspiration of the Holy Spirit,

are poured into the hearts of the faithful

so that from their faithless state,

they may be made faithful servants of God through you. ------------------------------------------------------- From www.yenra.com/catholic/prayers/francisofassisi.

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