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God made the world for the delight of human beings.

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
Beings
Human
Humans
Made
World
Delight

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The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.
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If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
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God does not create poverty we do, because we do not share.
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Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and I! The current is God! We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and thus to generate the light of the world: JESUS - or to refuse to be used and, thus, allow the darkness to spread.
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Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.
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How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
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Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much.
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It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.
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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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The first step to becoming is to will it.
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The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family
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What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us.
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Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.
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We cannot really know God if we do not pray.
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If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
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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.
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A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness.
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Mother Teresa tells a story of walking past an open drain and catching a glimpse of something moving in it. She investigated and found a dying man whom she took back to a home where he could die in love and peace. 'I live like an animal in the streets,' the man told her. 'Now I will die like an angel'.
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We complicate prayer as we complicate many things. It is to love Jesus with undivided love-for you, for me, for all of us. And that undivided love is put into action when we do as Jesus said, love as I have loved you
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