Mother Teresa's life was a prayer of compassion demonstrated as service of others, especially the weak, the poor, the infirm, and the dying. In her introduction to this brief paperback, editor Roswitha Kornprobst characterizes Mother Teresa as a person who believed in the power of prayer, its ability to make the heart spacious, its need to be nurtured in silence, and its marvelous capacity to nourish the soul.

This wonderful collection includes a mix of prayers, quotations, and contemplative thoughts. Here is a brief sampler:

• "Where there is peace, there is God.
Works of love will always be works of peace."

• "Whenever you give away a smile,
it is an act of love,
a present to that person,
something wonderful."

• "The fruit of quiet is prayer.
The fruit of prayer is faith.
The fruit of faith is love.
The fruit of love is service.
The fruit of service is peace."