Mother Teresa has long been a household name. With him we associate love, mercy, kindness. Who was she and why is she revered all over the world?
Mother Teresa who is she?
Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a Catholic nun known throughout the world for her missionary service. She was born in the Ottoman Empire in the city of Uskub in 1910 on August 26. From birth, she had the name Agnes Gonja Boyadzhiu.
At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland, where she became a member of the monastic order "Irish Sisters of Loreto", and in 1931 she was tonsured and took the name Teresa, after which she was sent to Calcutta in the direction of the order. In 1948, she founded the “Missionary Sisters of Love” community, which opened shelters, schools, and hospitals for the seriously ill. For over 50 years, Mother Teresa has served people around the world.
For her, the main thing was that people could look into the eyes, smile at each other, be able to accept each other and forgive. Both the poor and the representatives of the powerful of this world have the same human value, Mother Teresa believed. Photos with presidents and ordinary poor people are vivid evidence of this.
She had a lot of friends who could call her at any time andtalk.
Mother Teresa's heart stopped beating on September 5, 1997. The whole world mourned for their saint. She has received many awards for her accomplishments. The most prominent are the Nobel Peace Prize and the US Congressional Gold Medal.
Beatified by the Catholic Church in 2003.
Famous Mother Teresa quotes
She owns the phrase that if life was not lived for the sake of other people, it cannot be considered life. Many sayings have spread around the world like quotes from Mother Teresa. She said if you can't feed a hundred people, feed one.
When she was asked what could be done to keep the peace in the world, her answer was simply: "Go home and love your family." In her statements, she noted that not everyone can do great things, but everyone can do small things with great love.
Sayings about life
Very wise words Mother Teresa said about life:
- Life is an opportunity to be seized.
- Life is a beauty to be admired.
- Life is a bliss to be experienced.
- Life is a dream to be fulfilled.
- Life is a duty to be fulfilled.
- Life is a game to be played.
- Life is he alth to be protected.
- Life is love and should be enjoyed
- Life is a mystery that needs to be known
- Life is we althto cherish.
- Life is a chance to be seized.
- Life is a sorrow to be overcome.
- Life is a struggle to endure.
- Life is an adventure to take on.
- Life is a tragedy that needs to be overcome.
- Life is happiness to be created.
- Life is a challenge to be accepted.
- Life is too wonderful to be ruined.
- Life is life and you have to fight for it!
Relationship with God
God chose Mother Teresa to serve the people not because she had special qualities. Studying the quotes of Mother Teresa, it is clear that she could not imagine her life without God. She emphasized how much she needed God's help and grace. Mother Teresa often felt weak and insecure, and could not cope on her own, which made it possible for God to use her. Realizing the insufficiency of her strength, she always turned to God for help, mercy and believed that all people need to have a connection with God through prayer. Mother Teresa's quotes are relevant at all times, she believed that a person lives in order to love the world and share the light. Prayer should not be for a new experience or experience, but to do ordinary things with an unusual impulse.
Mother Teresa said of her ministry that it was based on her faith in Jesus Christ. She believed that it was difficult for people to express their love forGod without seeing him. They can always show their love for others and treat them as they would treat God if they could see him.
Mother Teresa constantly showed her love and care for the poor, the sick, the orphans, the lepers, the dying. Jesus was her teacher, who called to love each other, she knew that God would not demand the impossible.
About love
It is very difficult for a person if he feels rejected, lonely, sick, forgotten, unloved. Mother Teresa took care of such people and advised simple things. She believed that you need to remember that you are of great value in the eyes of God, He loves you, and it is necessary to show love to others. Mother Teresa constantly spoke about the love of God, how the Lord loves her dearly and regularly teaches lessons in love.
In order to carry love, it is necessary not to notice the negative aspects in a person, but to try to discern the good and beautiful in the people around us and the world. That's what Mother Teresa taught. The photos where she serves people confirm her boundless love and devotion to service.
Other sayings of Mother Teresa about love are also known:
- It is easy to love someone in another part of the world, but it is very difficult to love someone who is nearby.
- Love, to be real and all-consuming, does not have to be wonderful. She needs a constant desire to love. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort, sometimes time and prayer, but if we have this desire, we receive love.
