Mother Teresa Joy Quotations

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.

We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.

Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.

We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the energy to do what they are doing?' The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, 'Come to Me.' He is hungry for souls.

Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.

Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.

Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love.

Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy.

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.

Joy is very infectious; therefore, be always full of joy!

One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.

A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.

No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?

Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious.

Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy is prayer-Joy is strength-Joy is love-Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Suffering, if it is accepted together, borne together, is joy.

Lord give me this seeing faith, then my work will never be monotonous. I will find joy in humoring the fancies and gratifying the wishes of all poor sufferers. O beloved sick, how doubly dear you are to me, when you personify Christ; and what a privilege is mine to be allowed to tend you.

Where there is love, there is joy.

Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray.