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We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.

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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I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at a time. Just one, one, one.
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There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.
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[My mother tongue is] Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.
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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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I picked up a man from the street, and he was eaten up alive from worms. Nobody could stand him, and he was smelling so badly. I went to him to clean him, and he asked, 'Why do you do this?' I said, 'Because I love you.'
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Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
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If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.
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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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The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.
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As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves but does not speak … I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have free hand.
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Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.
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Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.
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A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.
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If only one little unhappy child is made happy with the love of Jesus,...will it not be worth...giving all for that?
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If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.
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If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
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And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?
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The work we do is only our love for Jesus in action...If we pray the work...if we do it to Jesus, if we do it for Jesus, if we do it with Jesus...that's what makes us content.
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I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
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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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