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Mother Teresa Biography

Mother Teresa, known in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of the Republic of Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Macedonia for eighteen years she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

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The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you don't have. That's why you need a pure heart, a pure heart that you will receive as a fruit of your prayer, as a fruit of your oneness with Christ.

Fruit, Heart, Jesus, Joy, Prayer, Presence

One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide - the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing, trifles. Needs increase because one thing calls for another. The result is uncontrollable disatisfaction. If you have to go shopping, pick up the simplest things. We have to be happy with our poverty. Let us not be driven by our small egotism.

Desire, Luxury, Shopping, Spring, Thing, Things

[West Bengal state] Government has decided that non-criminal persons should not be kept in these kind of places and asked us to take care of them. They should live in an atmosphere of love. They need to be loved.

Asked, Atmosphere, Bengal, Criminals, Government, Love

On the British Royal Divorce (Charles and Dianna). She is such a sad soul. It is good that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow. I know I should preach family love and unity, but in their case. . . .

Divorce, Happy, Love, Preach, Royal, Soul

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.

Praying, Sharing, Suffering, Teamwork, Together, Volunteer

As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved. The greatest suffering is also having no one, forgetting what an intimate, truly human relationship is, not knowing what it means to be loved, not having a family or friends.

Alone, Knowing, Mean, Relationship, Suffering

In our home (for the dying at Kali Ghat) in Calcutta, there is great peace, unity and love. Many Hindu families bring food, clothing nonstop to our home for the dying. This is an act of love. I didn't ask them. They have only heard about what I am doing and they all come.

Dying, Families, Food, Home, Unity

The future is not in our hands. We have no power over it. We can act only today. We have a sentence in our Constitution that says: 'We will allow the good God to make plans for the future - for yesterday has gone, tomorrow has not yet come and we have only today to make Him known, loved and served. ' So we do not worry about the future.

Hands, Yesterday, Worry, Sentence, Gone

You can't do God's work without suffering.

Suffering, Work

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with exposition needs a great push. People ask me: 'What will convert America and save the world?' My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in holy hours of prayer.

Ask, Blessed, Jesus, Parish, Prayer, World

Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor.

Families, Joy, Peace, People, Poor, Volunteer

I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully.

Beautifully, Hands, Imperfect, Likes, Nothing, Writing

When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

Holy Eucharist, Jesus, Love You, Loves, Sacred, Understand

Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy is prayer-Joy is strength-Joy is love-Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Characteristic, Creative, Joy, Net, Prayer

If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.

Mother, Believe, Praying, Serve, Pray

God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.

Call, Call Me, Faith, Faithful, God, Successful

Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.

Accomplish, Peace, Simple, Understand

We are now in 126 countries. We have 561 houses - tabernacles we call them - and over 4600 nuns. It's simply to serve the poorest of the poor. We are wanted and we have championed those who have nothing, the deprived children of God.

Children, Country, God, House, Houses, Tabernacles

People everywhere are the same; they are all people to be loved. They are all hungry for love.

Hungry, Hungry For Love, Love, Loved, People

If you have a sick or lonely person at home, be there. Maybe just to hold a hand, maybe just to give a smile, that is the greatest, the most beautiful work.

Beautiful, Lonely, Maybe, Person, Smile, Work

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