A Servant A Servant of of

Greater Greater GodGod

Mother Mother TeresaTeresa

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Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)Borne Skopje, Macedonia, August 27,

1910, Albanian descent. The age of 12 she felt called by God to

be a missionary so she became a nun. She served 3 years at a convent in

Ireland. Age 21 was sent to Calcutta India to

teach at St. Mary's High School.

She never saw her mother and sister again. She was affected deeply by the misery and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls.

In 1948 she received permission to leave the convent school and dedicate herself to working among the penniless, needy and dying in the slums of Calcutta.

She had no funds, she started an open-air school for slum children, and her life's work began.

In 1950 she started "The Missionaries of Charity", which became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI in 1965.

The Society of Missionaries has spread all over the world with the principal task to love and care for the poor and the helpless needy.

She received Nobel Peace Prize 1979.

““If you judge If you judge people, you people, you

have no time tohave no time to love them.”love them.”

““We can doWe can do no great things,no great things,only small things only small things with great love.”with great love.”

““It is not how much It is not how much we do, but how we do, but how

much love we put in much love we put in the doing.the doing.

It is not how much It is not how much we give, but how we give, but how

much love we put in much love we put in the giving.”the giving.”

““If you are humble If you are humble nothing will touch nothing will touch

you,you,neither praise nor neither praise nor

disgrace,disgrace,because you know because you know

what you are.”what you are.”

““Do not allow Do not allow yourselves to be yourselves to be disheartened by disheartened by any failure as any failure as

long as you have long as you have done your best.”done your best.”

““There is only one GodThere is only one God and He is God to all;and He is God to all;

therefore it is important therefore it is important that everyone is seen as that everyone is seen as

equal before God.equal before God.I've always said we I've always said we

shouldshould help a Hinduhelp a Hindu become a better Hindu,become a better Hindu,

a Muslim become a a Muslim become a better Muslim,better Muslim,

a Catholic become a a Catholic become a better Catholic.” better Catholic.”

““If we really If we really want to love, want to love,

we must learn we must learn how to how to

forgiveforgive.”.”

““When a poor person diesWhen a poor person dies of hunger, it has not of hunger, it has not happened because God happened because God did not take care of him did not take care of him

or her.or her. It has happened because It has happened because neither you nor I wanted neither you nor I wanted to give that person what to give that person what

he or she needed.”he or she needed.”

“Before you speak, it is

necessary for you to listen,

for God speaks in the silence of the

heart.”

“It is not enough for us to say:

"I love God," but I also have to love my neighbor.

St. John says that you are a liar if you say you love God

and you don't love your neighbor.

How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you

touch, with whom you live?”

““Do not wait for Do not wait for leaders;leaders;

do it alone,do it alone, person to person to person.”person.”

“I see God in every human being.

When I wash the leper's wounds I feel I am nursing the Lord himself.

Is it not a beautiful experience?”

““There is a terrible There is a terrible hungerhunger

for love.for love.We all experience that in We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the our lives - the pain, the

loneliness. We must have loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it.the courage to recognize it.

The poor you may have The poor you may have right in your own family.right in your own family.

Find them. Love them.”Find them. Love them.”

““The more you have, the more The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you are occupied, the less

you give.you give. But the less you have the But the less you have the

freer you are.freer you are. Poverty for us is a freedom.Poverty for us is a freedom.

It is not mortification, a It is not mortification, a penance. It is joyful freedom. penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television here,There is no television here,

no this, no that.no this, no that.But we are perfectly happy.”But we are perfectly happy.”

““If we pray, we If we pray, we will believe;will believe;

If we believe, If we believe, we will love.we will love.

If we love, we If we love, we will serve.”will serve.”

““You and I, we are the Church, no?You and I, we are the Church, no?We have to share with our people.We have to share with our people.Suffering today is because people Suffering today is because people

are hoarding, not giving, not are hoarding, not giving, not sharing.sharing.

Jesus made it very clear. Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my Whatever you do to the least of my

brethren, you do it to me.brethren, you do it to me.Give a glass of water, you give to me.Give a glass of water, you give to me.

Receive a little child, you receive Receive a little child, you receive me.”me.”

““Only in heavenOnly in heaven will we see how much will we see how much

we owe to the poorwe owe to the poorfor helping us to love for helping us to love God better becauseGod better because

of them.”of them.”

““Make us worthy, Lord, Make us worthy, Lord, to serve those people to serve those people throughout the worldthroughout the world

who live and die in who live and die in poverty and hunger.poverty and hunger.

Give them through our Give them through our hands, this day, their hands, this day, their

daily bread, and by our daily bread, and by our understanding love, give understanding love, give

them peace and joy.”them peace and joy.”

““The hunger for The hunger for love is much love is much

more difficult to more difficult to remove than the remove than the

hunger for hunger for bread.”bread.”

““The most The most terrible povertyterrible povertyis is lonelinessloneliness and and

the feeling of the feeling of being being unlovedunloved.”.”

““If you cannot If you cannot feed a hundred feed a hundred

people, people, then feed just then feed just

one.”one.”

““Where there is Where there is great love,great love,

there are always there are always great miracles.”great miracles.”

““We know that We know that whatever we do is whatever we do is simply a droplet simply a droplet

in the ocean.in the ocean.But if that droplet But if that droplet were missing, the were missing, the ocean would be ocean would be

lacking.”lacking.”

““Joy…Joy… is a net of love is a net of love

by which you by which you can catch can catch

souls.”souls.”

““Let no one ever come to Let no one ever come to you without leaving you without leaving better and happier.better and happier.

Be the living expression Be the living expression of God's kindness:of God's kindness:

kindnesskindness in your in your face,face, kindnesskindness in your in your eyes,eyes,

kindnesskindness in your in your smile.”smile.”

““God is the friend of God is the friend of silence.silence.

See how nature - trees, See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in flowers, grass - grows in

silence;silence;see the stars, the moon see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they and the sun, how they

move in silence... move in silence... We need silence to be We need silence to be able to touch souls.”able to touch souls.”

““Peace…Peace… begins withbegins with

a smile.”a smile.”

““There is no There is no greater sickness greater sickness

in the world today in the world today

than the lack of than the lack of love…”love…”

““Life is an opportunity, benefit Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.Life is beauty, admire it.Life is bliss, taste it.Life is bliss, taste it.

Life is a dream, realize it.Life is a dream, realize it.Life is a challenge, meet it.Life is a challenge, meet it.Life is a duty, complete it.Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.Life is a game, play it.Life is a promise, fulfill it.Life is a promise, fulfill it.Life is sorrow, overcome it.Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.Life is a song, sing it.Life is a struggle, accept it.Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.Life is a tragedy, confront it.Life is an adventure, dare it.Life is an adventure, dare it.Life is too precious, do not Life is too precious, do not

destroy it.destroy it.Life is life, fight for it.”Life is life, fight for it.”

Prayer:Prayer: ““Love is the light—and in the end, the Love is the light—and in the end, the

only light—that can always only light—that can always illuminate a world grown dim and illuminate a world grown dim and

give us the courage needed to keep give us the courage needed to keep living and working.” living and working.” Blessed Teresa Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, help us to believe that of Calcutta, help us to believe that “love is possible, and we are able to “love is possible, and we are able to practice it because we are created in practice it because we are created in

the image of God.”the image of God.” Like you, we want “to experience love Like you, we want “to experience love

and in this way to cause the light of and in this way to cause the light of God to enter into the world.”God to enter into the world.”

"If you live to be a "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus to be a hundred minus

one day, one day, so I never have to live so I never have to live

without you.“without you.“Winnie the PoohWinnie the Pooh

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