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Mother Teresa

of Calcutta

MOTHER TERESA WITH THE CHILDREN IN CALCUTTA SHISHUBHAVAN, 1980's.

The whole of Mother Teresa’s life and labor bore witness to the joy of loving, the greatness and dignity of every human person, the value of little things done faithfully and with love, and the surpassing worth of friendship with God.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu) was born of Albanian parents in Skopje in 1910. Journeying as a missionary to India, she labored many years as a teacher before hearing the “call within the call,” “to give up all and follow Him into the slums—to serve Him in the poorest of the poor,” and so satiate the thirst of Jesus for love and the salvation of souls by founding the Missionaries of Charity. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 October 2003, and was canonized by Pope Francis on 4 September 2016.

Her legacy lives on today, across the globe, through the tireless work of the Missionaries of Charity.

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March 2, 2022

Pope Francis’ Lenten Message for 2022

Lent encourages us to let the Word of God penetrate our life … Lent offers us an ascetic and liturgical route which, while helping us to open our eyes to our weakness, opens our hearts to the merciful love of Christ…

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August 26, 2021

Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from Kabul arrive at Rome airport

Religious sisters from the Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from an orphanage in Afghanistan arrived safely at Rome’s international airport, fleeing the unrest in Kabul.

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God still loves the world, and He sends you and me to be His love and His compassion to the poor.

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Works of love are works of peace.

Mother Teresa

Never think that a small action done to your neighbor is not worth much ... it is not how much we do that is pleasing to God, but how much love we put into the doing. That is what God looks for.

Mother Teresa

I just take one day. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not come. We have only today to love Jesus.

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Remember, you are precious to Jesus, He loves you. Be not afraid.

Mother Teresa

Life is the most beautiful gift of God.

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We must realize the greatness of life. Every child is a gift from God, created for greater things, tolove and to be loved.

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Make your life something beautiful for God.

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If I ever become a Saint—I will surely be one of “darkness.” I will continually be absent from Heaven—to light the light of those in darkness on earth.

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