Mother Teresa Quotes
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I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.
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We want to create hope for the person ... we must give hope, always hope.
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Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God
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I repeat that the poor, the sufferers from leprosy, the rejected, the alcoholics, whom we serve, are beautiful people. Many of them have wonderful personalities. The experience which we have by serving them, we must pass on to people who have not had that wonderful experience.
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We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the energy to do what they are doing?' The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, 'Come to Me.' He is hungry for souls.
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West Bengal state Government has decided that non-criminal persons should not be kept in these kind of places and asked us to take care of them. They should live in an atmosphere of love. They need to be loved.
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Yesterday is gone and tomorrow has not yet come; we must live each day as if it were our last so that when God calls us we already, and prepared, to die with a clean heart.
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Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
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Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.
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I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.
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God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.
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Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and I! The current is God! We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and thus to generate the light of the world: JESUS - or to refuse to be used and, thus, allow the darkness to spread.
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When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.
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Real prayer is union with God.
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Even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.
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Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.
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Doctors can heal the body, but it is music that uplifts the spirit.
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Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.
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Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.
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The highest form of worship is to find the least among you and treat them like Jesus.
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I love all religions, but I am in love with my own.
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It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small things with great love.
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It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
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Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.