sharing God's love

i can't remember where this is from, but i think it was from a website about a religious order..? anyway, i thought it's such a great idea!

“After attending Mass, and adoring our Lord in the most Blessed Sacrament and praying together as a community, we have now opened our hearts to our Lord’s love, mercy, compassion and peace. He has filled us with His graces and blessings and He wishes us to go out and be His instruments of love, mercy, compassion and peace by touching people in need with His hands, His words, and His comfort….

“The poor, the homeless, the broken, the lonely, the sick, the distressed, these are all God’s children in need of His love and care. If we look at these people through our own eyes, or listen to them with our own ears, we may be afraid or repelled, but if we look at them through the eyes of Jesus and hear their pleas with the ears of Jesus, we can only respond with love, patience, kindness, compassion and understanding. It is the Lord’s response to them through us, that will be the light in their darkness. When they see the light of Jesus’ love through us they will be drawn to Him.

“This is when we, and the people God touches through us, will experience the profound blessings to be witnesses and participants in God’s gracious love and mercy in action.”