Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

The Gospel teaches us what Jesus' kingdom requires of us... Reminds us that closeness and tenderness are the rules of life.

This is the spirit of the Order, indeed the true spirit of Mercy flowing on us.

From a Christian point of view of course we do want a peaceful world, and I think September 11 did actually make people aware not only of vulnerability and how transitory life is, but there are forces of good and honor and justice which speak to us of God and his love for us.

Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.

Love is a big word. I believe in Love. I believe that God is Love.

If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.

Jesus is not the man at the top of the stairs; He is the man at the bottom, the friend of sinners, the savior of those in need of one. Which is all of us, all of the time.

Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.

Jesus had a universal concern for those who suffered that transcended the rules of the ancient world.

I want to live my life the way Jesus does - I want to love people.

Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

I see in Jesus matchless charms. I see in Him everything to be desired by the children of men.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself.

Alas for the rarity / Of Christian charity

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing.

How can we condemn those who are truly blinded by evil? We can't. We shouldn't. How do we bring about conversion of those living in blindness? By love. By truth in charity. By offering forgiveness. By offering mercy. With prayer.

The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you gave me food, I was thirsty you have me drink, I was naked you clothed me, I was homeless you took me home and I was sick you visited me." And we are just doing that.

Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance.

If Jesus forgave those who nailed Him to the cross, and if God forgives you and me, how can you withhold your forgiveness from someone else?

Jesus receives us with all of our limitations, He bring us the mercy of the Father who forgives us, and transforms our heart, rendering it a new heart, capable of loving Him, who loved His own to the end (cf. John 13:1). And this love is manifested in his mercy. Jesus always forgives us.