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Jesus Quotes by Mother Teresa

102 Jesus quotes by Mother Teresa

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Power lines without current serve as a metaphor for faith that can light our lives. The quotes say love may hurt but should grow stronger, and that every person can be seen as Christ, especially among the poorest. They also promise that God never lets us down when we trust Him.

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Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you.

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Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.

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Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus

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Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

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The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you.

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Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

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My key to heaven is that I loved Jesus in the night.

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Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus.

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Do not look for Jesus away from yourselves. He is not out there; He is in you. Keep your lamp burning, and…

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When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

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Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

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All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation.

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I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus…

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We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray…

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If only one little unhappy child is made happy with the love of Jesus,...will it not be worth...giving all for that?

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I think it is very good when people suffer. To me that is like the kiss of Jesus.

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Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put…

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Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus, so that he may think his thoughts in your mind, do his work through…

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Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility,…

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Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you…

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One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say,…

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Keep Giving Jesus to the people, not by words but by your example, by being in love with Jesus, by radiating holiness…

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The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you…

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We complicate prayer as we complicate many things. It is to love Jesus with undivided love-for you, for me, for all of…

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Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power…

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I begin each day with holy Mass, receiving Jesus hidden under the appearance of a simple piece of bread. Then I go…

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When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand…

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

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As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to…

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A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing…

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Like Mary, let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of grace…

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Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard…

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Like her [Mary], let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of…

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In the poor we meet Jesus in his most distressing disguises.

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Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.

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In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.

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We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

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Pray for me that I not loosen my grip on the hands of Jesus even under the guise of ministering to the…

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How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus and all they see is you.

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But still, everything is for Jesus; so like that everything is beautiful, even though it is difficult.

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People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

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They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one…

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.