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If we can not love the person whom we see, how can we love God whom we can not see?

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 doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.
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We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich
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Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.
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Every country I love and I am a child of God to love the humans.
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Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be kind, be loving to the poor. We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich. We are in debt to them. Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.
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Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.
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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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Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor
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even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.
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When Christ said: I was hungry and you fed me, he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness.
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Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else.
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Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love.
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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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People crave attention and appreciation more than they do bread.
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Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.
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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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