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You weren't created just to consume resources, you were put on this Earth to make a contribution.

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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Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.
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Of all the diseases I have known, loneliness is the worst.
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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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There are only two ways: either we love-and love in action is service - or we put hatred into action and destroy.
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The joy of Jesus will be my strength - it will be in my heart. Every person I meet will see it in my work my walk, my prayer - in everything.
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Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.
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Our Father, here I am, at your disposal, your child, to use me to continue your loving the world, by giving Jesus to me and through me, to each other that we allow Jesus to love in us and through us with the love with which His Father loves him.
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You may be exhausted with work, you may even kill yourself, but unless your work is interwoven with love, it is useless. To work without love is slavery.
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Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.
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These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers.
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The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth
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Spread love whenever you go.
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I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.
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Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves - on God's grace and on our will to be holy.
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There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.
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It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
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We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.
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If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.
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Stay very close to Our Lady. If you do this, you can do great things for God and the good of people.
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The world today is hungry Not only for bread But hungry for love Hungry to be wanted, Hungry to be loved.
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