MOTHER THERESA

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Biography of Mother Teresa

• Mother Teresa was born on the 27th of August in
  the year of 1910.
• She was born in Skopje, Macedonia.
• Her name was kept after a saint, Agnes Gonxha
  Bojaxhiu.
• She was born intoa family of deeply religious
  Catholics.

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Work of Mother Teresa

• At the age of 14 Agnes felt like serving the God
  was what she wanted to do. She started her
  studies in Bengal, India.
• In 1937 she took her final vows and became a nun.
  And she chose her name as Sister Teresa. She did
  help the poor and sick. She then got the Nobel
  prize for peace in 1979. And for her work the
  Pope made her a saint and hence she is Saint
  Teresa now.
• Its to be said that Mother Teresa had a special
• relationship with children

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So Beautiful

• Everything was beautiful in her life, even the
  worse parts like death or illness.
• She used to say Everything that happens,
  happens for good.
• A small boy is struggling on the ground and
  Mother Teresa cradles her in her arms and
  whispers So beautiful!

• A man walks up to Mother Teresa and pushes a few
  coins in her hand and Mother Teresa would say to
  her companion So beautiful!
• Everybody knows that Mother Teresa just helped or
  looked after others. She herself always wore the
  same white with blue border sari. She never had
  any interest in herself.

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Awards that she got

• 1962 - Padma shri award
• 1971 - Pope John XXIII peace prize
• 1975 - Albert Schweiter international prize
  
• 1976 - Pacem in Terris award
  
• 1978 - Balzon prize
  
• 1979 - Noble Peace Prize
  
• 1983 - Order of Merit
  
• 1985 - Medal of Freedom
  
• 1994 - Golden Honour of the Nation Albania
  
• 1996 - Honorary citizenship of USA
• 1998 - Pope John Paul II begins the process to
  make her a saint.
• This process is still going on !
  
  

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• Love
• God told us, "Love your neighbor as yourself." So
  first I am to love myself rightly, and then to
  love my neighbor like that. But how can I love
  myself unless I accept myself as God has made me?

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• NeighborI want you to be concerned about your
  next door neighbor. Do you know your next door
  neighbor?

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• Loyalty
• I do not pray for success, I ask for
  faithfulness.

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• Service to HumanityWe are not social workers. We
  may be doing social work in the eyes of some
  people, but we must be contemplatives in the
  heart of the world.

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• DeedsGood works are links that form a chain of
  love.

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• GodWords which do not give the light of Christ
  increase the darkness.

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• LoveA joyful heart is the inevitable result of a
  heart burning with love.

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• Self HelpDo not wait for leaders. Do it alone,
  person to person

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• Mother Teresa was a fountain of love,
  knowledge, and inspiration. Her life was spent
  amidst the downtrodden. She cared for them as if
  they were her own. In these quotes, Mother Teresa
  emphasizes the importance of kindness. Her words
  are simple and true.

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