October 3, 2010
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Momma T
“Certainly, love is expressed first in being with before doing to someone. We have to continually renew our awareness of this because we can get caught up in a lot of the doing for. You see, if our actions do not first come from the desire to be with a person, then it really becomes just social work. Service, in a way, is simply a means of experssing your being for that person–and often with the poorest people you cannot completely alleviate their problem. The message we try to convey to the poorest of the poor is: we cannot solve your problems but God loves you even while you are handicapped or alcoholic or have leprosy, and whether or not you become cured, God loves you just as much and we are here to express that love. It’s a difficult message to communicate, obviously, but we believe that being for them is the first thing.” Mother Teresa
