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God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things.

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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God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.
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If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.
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No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?
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I think that before people were speaking much about the poor, but now more and more people are speaking to the poor. That is the great difference.
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Once I asked my counsellor for advice about my vocation. I asked, 'How can I know if God is calling me and for what he is calling me?' He answered, 'You will know by your happiness. If you are happy with the idea that God calls you to serve him and your neighbour, this will be the proof of your vocation.'
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Let us love one another as God loves each one of us. And where does this love begin? In our own home. How does it begin? By praying together.
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Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
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Love means to be willing to give until it hurts.
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To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
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Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption.
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It often happens that those who spend their time giving light to others, remain in darkness themselves.
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All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation.
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A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness.
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Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility
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Life is a game, play it... Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it
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Souls of prayer are souls of great silence
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Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess
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If we can not love the person whom we see, how can we love God whom we can not see?
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Holiness is not a privilege of a few but a need for all.
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