feast day: September 5
about:
- real name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
- founder of the Missionaries of Charity (a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor)
- born: August 26, 1910, Skopje (capital of the Republic of Macedonia)
- died: September 5, 1997, India
- beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II: October 19, 2003
- will be canonized by Pope Francis: September 4, 2016
patron of: World Youth Day
quotes: (source: Wikiquote)
- "The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted." (1970s)
- "Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set. Everyone can reach this love through meditation, spirit of prayer, and sacrifice, by an intense inner life." (1980s)
- "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." (1980s)
- "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." (1980s)
- "I am so pleased with all the good work you are doing for world peace and for people in so many countries. May we continue to work together and to share together all for the glory of God and for the good of man." (1990s)
- "I do not agree with a big way of doing things. What matters is the individual. If we wait till we get numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers and we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person." (2000s)
- "Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love....The smaller the thing, the greater must be our love." (2000s)
- "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." (2010s)
- "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
- "There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those."
- "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
- "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
- "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Peace begins with a smile.."
- "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
- "I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love."
- "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
- "Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."
links:
- official site of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center, India (source: Mother Teresa)
http://www.motherteresa.org/
- "Mother Teresa" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
- "Mother Teresa" (source: Wikiquote):
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
- "Bl. Teresa of Calcutta" (source: Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5611
- "Mother Teresa" (source: Bio.):
http://www.biography.com/people/mother-teresa-9504160
- "Who Was Blessed Mother Teresa?" (source: American Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Teresa/WhoWasTeresa.aspx
