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Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Mother Teresa
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Mother Teresa
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: August 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 5
Religious Sister
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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.
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If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.
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The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time.
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Do not wait for leaders do it alone, person to person.
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Every human being in that case resembles Christ in his loneliness and that is the hardest part, that's real hunger.
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Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him?
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Holiness is not a privilege of a few but a need for all.
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A smile is the beginning of peace.
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We have very little, so we have nothing to be preoccupied with. The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have, the more free you are.
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Jesus has said Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you gave me food, I was thirsty you have me drink, I was naked you clothed me, I was homeless you took me home and I was sick you visited me. And we are just doing that.
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Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship
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Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see Jesus around us.
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The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty—it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.
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Living intensely each present day means letting Christ dwell within you. His words are so clear: Today I would like to enter your home.
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I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.
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At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
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In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.
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Keep Giving Jesus to the people, not by words but by your example, by being in love with Jesus, by radiating holiness and spreading his fragrance of love everywhere you go. Just keep the joy of Jesus as your strength, be happy and at peace.
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Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus
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I feel called to help individuals, to love each human being. I never think in terms of crowds in general but in terms of persons. Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything.
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