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I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news to your own people.

Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: August 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 5
Religious Sister
Saint
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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Find
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Right
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Good
Compassion
Love
News

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