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Nobody can change your religion unless you want to and God gives you the grace. It's between you and God alone. Nobody can force you.

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
Grace
Alone
Religion
Force
Change
Giving
Unless
Nobody
Gives

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