-- St Maria Skobtsova of Paris, whose feast day it is today for those on the "old calendar" icon by Nikos Kosmidis

“The way to God lies through love of people. At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, nor how many bows and prostrations I made. Instead I shall be asked, Did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the prisoners. That is all I shall be asked. About every poor, hungry and imprisoned person the Savior says ‘I’: ‘I was hungry and thirsty, I was sick and in prison.’ To think that he puts an equal sign between himself and anyone in need. . . . I always knew it, but now it has somehow penetrated to my sinews. It fills me with awe.”
-- St Maria Skobtsova of Paris, whose feast day it is today for those on the "old calendar"
icon by Nikos Kosmidis