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In Pope Leo's Dilexi Te, I like paragraph 47 where he talks about St. Augustine:
"In a Church that recognizes in the poor the face of Christ and in material goods the instrument of charity, Augustine’s thought remains a sure light. Today, fidelity to Augustine’s teachings requires not only the study of his works, but also a readiness to live radically his call to conversion, which necessarily includes the service of charity."

This quote reminds me of my own personal favorite St. Augustine famous line: We cannot rest until our hearts rests in God, in union with Mother Teresa who said to find the face of Christ in the poor.

It is by searching for Christ in the poor that we leave our selfishness behind and follow the path of caring for others.

21 "In a word, if love reigns in our heart, we become, in a complete and luminous way, the persons we are meant to be."
43."That better place [where Christ invites/leads us] is his heart."
72. "Jesus' life among us was a journey of response to the constant call of his human heart to come to the Father."
139. Therese, "Merit does not consist in doing or in giving much, but rather in receiving." With Mary, "be it done to me," not, "I'll do it."
205. "The Christian message is attractive when experienced and expressed in its totality: not simply as a refuge for pious thoughts or an occasion for impressive ceremonies...but...relieving the sufferings of others or helping them to live a better life."
216. "Christ is alive and worth knowing."

from Dilexi Te:
20. [Jesus'] poverty and precariousness are signs of his bond with the Father. They are also conditions for those who wish to follow him on the path of discipleship. In this way the renunciation of goods, riches and worldly securities becomes a visible sign of entrusting oneself to God and his providence.
27. worship which, while giving praise to God, has the task of opening us to the transformation that the Spirit can bring about in us, so that we may all become an image of Christ and his mercy toward the weakest.
56. the poor were not a problem to be solved but brothers and sisters to be welcomed...They did not limit themselves to helping the poor; they became their neighbors, brothers and sisters in the same Lord.
79. the poorest are not only objects of our compassion but teachers of the Gospel It is not a question of "bringing" God to them but of encountering him among them.