CRIES FROM THE HEART Hello My Friends, As unassuming as Mother Teresa was, something of God unquestionably radiated from her. She showed her love in deeds; that is what made her words significant. Everything in her life was an expression of prayer - her scolding, her humor, her example of serving the poor instead of preaching about it. Her work continues to inspire people all over the world, making the promise in Revelation a reality: "Blessed are they who die in the Lord, for their works shall follow after them." Once someone asked Mother Teresa where she found the strength for the enormous work she did for the poor. Her answer: My secret is quite simple - I pray! You should spend at least half an hour in the morning and an hour at night in prayer. You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer, and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of mind to him: "I love you, God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now." Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers. Prayer cannot be an excuse for inaction. Love must be put into deeds. As writer Anna Mow used to say, "Love is an action, not a feeling." If we pray for God's will to be done on earth, then our life will be a life of work. For just as faith without works is dead, prayer without work is hypocrisy. Unless our love is expressed in deeds, our spiritual life will wither and die. John Michael Talbot tells us that, for Francis of Assisi, solitude and service were two sides of the same coin. And Dorothy Day said that she believed many people pray not through words but through the witness of their lives, "through the work they do and the love they offer to others." Each of us can offer to God the things we do during the course of the day. George Arthur Buttrick once wrote that "fields are not plowed by praying over them. But let a man remember that fields become a drudgery, or a botched labor, or even a greed and a bitterness, unless the plowing is done in prayer." There is a difference between just doing something, and making it a prayer. When we make our work a prayer, we do it not only for ourselves or our neighbor, but for God. All our loving deeds, all our work for human justice and the relief of suffering, are not really prayers until self is out of the way, and we acknowledge God and recognize that we are just as much in need of him as he is in need of us to do his works. Johann Christoph Arnold- Many Blessings to you all my friends, Kathy Martin

Hello, Kathy, This is very true and I for one need to take more time to pray especially with the Day of the Lord approaching! Noone knows when that day will be though!Prayer for each other is very important. GOD BLESS YOU, SIS! Carla

These Words are so True. We Must Take Action. Praying is Great But we also Must act. Words alone is Not going to Get it Done. It Would be Wonderful to See More People Who Cared and Acted on it Like Mother Teresa Did. Thank You for Sharing This with us Kathy. :) Your Friend,

Kathy, I didn't know your heart was crying there Sugah... :) I liked the choice you made I guess I like most of the things done here, which is why I don't get much done with respect to everything else. Nothing and no one suffering I guess all is well...Keep up the good work, you and Beverly are the hardest working people on adlandpro, I guess you two set the standards high, and we men are just trying to keep up with you. Have a good Day tomorrow, and I guess I will hear from you then...I have been awake here off and on three days now, time to hit the sheets . Ciao, Manuel D.

Hi Kathy, I loved Mother Teresa! She was a great example of what love should be like. Prayer is so important in ones life. How is God going to know you or hear you if you do not pray. I always say "The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor." God Bless You! Marion