I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
“Why must we give ourselves fully to God? Because God has given Himself to us. If God who owes nothing to us is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves? To give ourselves fully to God is a means of receiving God Himself. I for God and God for me. I live for God and give up my own self, and in this way induce God to live for me.”
P. Johanns, S.J. as quoted by Mother Teresa in her Explanation of the Original Constitutions of the Missionaries of Charity, The Little Way, Light of the East Series, No. 15 (Calcutta: F.G. Gomes at the Bengal Litho Press), 90-92.