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Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.

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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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Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.
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If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you Be honest and frank anyway.
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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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Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.
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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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Every human being in that case resembles Christ in his loneliness and that is the hardest part, that's real hunger.
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Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.
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In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.
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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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Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.
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One truly must have suffered oneself to help others.
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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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In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.
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I can do only one thing, like a little dog follow closely the Master's footsteps. Pray that I be a cheerful dog.
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We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
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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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