Mother Teresa Quotes
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Stay very close to Our Lady. If you do this, you can do great things for God and the good of people.
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Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.
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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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When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why you should ask your parish priest to have perpetual adoration in your parish. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all parish priests that they may have perpetual Eucharistic adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world
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Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy is prayer-Joy is strength-Joy is love-Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
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Let us make that one point - that no child will be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or killed and thrown away.
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Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.
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Pray for me that I not loosen my grip on the hands of Jesus even under the guise of ministering to the poor.
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A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.
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Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.
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Why can't there be love that never gets tired?
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If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.
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The coming of Jesus at Bethlehem brought joy to the world and to every human heart. may His coming this Christmas bring to each one of us that peace and joy that He desires to give.
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I think that we in our family don't need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
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You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material things, everything, but I think that if we all look into our own homes, how difficult we find it sometimes to smile at each other, and that the smile is the beginning of love.
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Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
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Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation.
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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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There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.
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The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her.
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What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.
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If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed?
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God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.
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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions. Be humble and you will never be disturbed. Remember St. Aloysius, who said he would continue to play billiards even if he knew he was going to die. Do you play well? Sleep well? Eat well? These are duties. Nothing is small for God.