Quotes about Service

The work is demanding, the impact everlasting. This is no time for 'summer soldiers' in the army of the Lord.

Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.

The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.

To do the work of others is slavery. To do the work of God is true liberation.

Think twice as much as others.Study twice as much as others.Work twice as much as others.Give twice as much as others.

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work.

Leadership is an act of submission to God. To be a leader means listening to all kinds of people and situations. Out of that listening, we are hoping to discern the mind of God as best we can. This is the price of leadership - it's an act of sacrifice. So leadership is part and parcel of the work of submission to God.

It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.

Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.

Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars