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God loves me. I'm not here just to fill a place, just to be a number. He has chosen me for a purpose. I know it.

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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The coming of Jesus at Bethlehem brought joy to the world and to every human heart. may His coming this Christmas bring to each one of us that peace and joy that He desires to give.
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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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Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.
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If I look at the mass I will never act.
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We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.
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You can and you must expect suffering.
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It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.
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One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
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You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing. Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me. Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me. Clear.
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Please choose the way of peace.. In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.
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God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
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Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray.
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Brothers, Fathers and Sisters - all of us in the Missionaries of Charity are doing the same. All of us have been created by God to love and to be loved. We are involved in this work. When you do that, there is joy, unity and love.
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The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give.
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We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.
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What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight build it anyway.
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Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love
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Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.
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To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
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When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.
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