Edith Piaf Quotes

Give up your good 'Christian' life and follow Jesus

I esteem it the crowning mercy of my life that not only the chief ends I contemplated on becoming a missionary are attained, but I am allowed to see competent, faithful, and affectionate successors actively engaged in the work.

Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.

I've got to do what I've got to do, for me, my family and my kids.

Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won't be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph. Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.

Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.

Following Jesus means taking up one's own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of success or earthly glory, but which leads to true freedom, the freedom from selfishness and sin.

Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.

Traveling around the world and preaching for over 70 years did not give much time for reflection.

I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.

I have considered the subject of missions nearly a year and have found my mind gradually tending to a deep conviction that it is my duty personally to engage in this service.

If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.

My whole life has been nothing but trying to find a way to take care of my mom and take care of my family as quickly as possible.

We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.

I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth.

It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home!

I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.

Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way.

The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ. When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.

If there existed only one man or woman who did not love the Saviour, and if that person lived among the wilds of Siberia, and if it were necessary that all the millions of believers on the face of the earth should journey there, and every one of them plead with him to come to Jesus before he could be converted, it would be well worth all the zeal, labour, and expense. If we had to preach to thousands year after year, and never rescued but one soul, that one soul would be full reward for all our labour, for a soul is of countless price.

The honour of Jesus Christ is at stake in your bodily life. Are you remaining loyal to the Son of God in the things which beset His life in you? Do you continue to go with Jesus? The way lies through Gethsemane, through the city gate, outside the camp; the way lies alone, and the way lies until there is no trace of a footstep left, only the voice, 'Follow Me.'

Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.

The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!