Mother Teresa Quotes

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The mass is the spiritual food that sustains me, without which I could not get through one single day or hour in my life; in the mass we have Jesus in the appearance of bread. While in the slums we see Christ and touch him in the broken bodies, in the abandoned children.

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True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love

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In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.

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Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

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In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us.

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May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.

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It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

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To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.

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Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

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Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.

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We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it in our power to be in heaven with him right now-to be happy with him at this very moment. But being happy with him now means.

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If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.

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The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.

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Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer.

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There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.

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I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.

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We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.

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It is very important that children learn from their fathers and mothers how to love one another- not in the school, not from the teacher, but from you. It is very important that you share with your children the joy of that smile. There will be misunderstandings; every family has its cross, its suffering. Always be the first to forgive with a smile. Be cheerful, be happy.

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The best way to show your gratitude to God and people is to accept everything with joy....We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs from a heart that is in love with God. All over the world people are hungry and thirsty for God's love. We meet that hunger by spreading joy. Joy is one of the best safeguards against temptation.

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We are taught from the very first moment to discover Christ under the distressing disguixe of the poor, the sick, the outcasts. Christ presents Himself to us under every disguise: the dying, the paralytic, the leper, the invalid, the orphan.

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Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.

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The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.

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Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words, Christ works with my hands, Christ walks with my feet, Christ loves with my heart. As St Paul's prayer was: I belong to Christ and nothing will separate me from the love of Christ. It was that oneness, oneness with God in the Holy Spirit.

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Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus, so that he may think his thoughts in your mind, do his work through your hands, for you will be all-powerful with him to strengthen you.

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Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.

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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.

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Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.

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We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so. God is there.

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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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From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek.

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