Do not deny others the crumbs falling off your table from the Bread of Life which is given to you whole by the Lord. So many hunger and thirst for Love, like Lazarus who fed on the crumbs falling off the table of the rich man.
-Mother Gabriel
“To a novice: Be simple. Talk to everybody. Let your spirituality be seen in your simplicity.”
-Mother Gabriel
“Never expect anybody to understand you. Only God.”
-Mother Gabriel
We are all vessels, sometimes of Light and sometimes of Darkness.
-Mother Gavrilia
When I want to feel sorry for somebody, do you know what cheers me up? I say, “I love him that much; God loves him ten thousand times more. He will be fine!”
-Mother Gabriel
If you do not like somebody, think that you see Christ in that person. Then, you would not even dare utter a word of criticism.
-Mother Gabriel
Love alone is enough to make a miracle happen. Neither Prayer nor the Komboskini (Prayer rope) have such power.
From the book: ”Mother Gabriel, The Ascetic of Love”, by Sister Gabriel.
True prayer always reaches heaven. The angels carry it to the right place and the answer comes. Its basis is Truth, and “Not My will, but that of the Father Who sent me.”
-Mother Gabriel
Some of the sailors on a ship may quarrel and fight each other, but the ship sails on and reaches its destination. The same is true of the Church, because Christ Himself is at the helm.
-Mother Gabriel
Love is only on the Cross.
-Mother Gabriel
Everywhere are people of God. You never know if the one you see today might tomorrow be a Saint.
Once when I was there where I was, some foreign missionary came and said to me, “You may be a good woman, but you’re not a good Christian.”
I said, “Why?”
“Because you have been here so long and you only go about speaking English. What local languages have you learned?”
I said to him, “I haven’t managed to learn any of the local languages, because I travel a great deal from place to place. As soon as I learn one dialect, they start speaking another. I’ve only learned ‘Good morning’ and ‘Good evening.’ Nothing else.”
“Bah, you’re no Christian. How can you evangelize? All the Catholics and Protestants learn all the local dialects in order to …”
Then I said, “Lord, give me an answer for him.” I asked it with all my heart, and then I said, “Ah. I forgot to tell you. I know five languages.”
“Really? What are these five?”
“The first is the smile; the second is tears. The third is to touch. The fourth is prayer, and the fifth is love. With these five languages I go all around the world.”
Then he stopped and said, “Just a minute. Say that again so I can write it down.”
With these five languages you can travel the whole earth, and all the world is yours. Love everyone as your own — without concern for religion or race, without concern for anything.
