Christ Quotes by Mother Teresa

We must see Christ in the disturbing disguise of the poor.

— Mother Teresa

The Cross will be for us as it was for Christ: proof of the greatest love.

— Mother Teresa

My secret is a very simple one: I pray. To pray to Christ is to love him.

— Mother Teresa

Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love.

— Mother Teresa

you [priests] are called 'another Christ.'

— Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

— Mother Teresa

Gandhi felt fascinated at knowing Christ. He met Christians, and felt let down.

— Mother Teresa

I believe in person to person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is…

— Mother Teresa

Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of…

— Mother Teresa

Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a…

— Mother Teresa

Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.

— Mother Teresa

I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I…

— Mother Teresa

Living intensely each present day means letting Christ dwell within you. His words are so clear: Today I would like to enter…

— Mother Teresa

At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the…

— Mother Teresa

We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully…

— Mother Teresa

We are taught from the very first moment to discover Christ under the distressing disguixe of the poor, the sick, the outcasts.…

— Mother Teresa

When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he…

— Mother Teresa

Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christ-like,…

— Mother Teresa

There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: Jesus is my God,…

— Mother Teresa

It is not possible to engage in the direct apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must be aware of oneness…

— Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

In reality, there is only one true prayer, only one substantial prayer: Christ himself. There is only one voice which rises above…

— Mother Teresa

There is but one love of Jesus, as there is but one person in the poor - Jesus. We take vows of…

— Mother Teresa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noises and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how…

— Mother Teresa

Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words,…

— Mother Teresa

If our poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather, it is because neither you…

— Mother Teresa

If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation, it is not that God didn't care for them, but because…

— Mother Teresa

Christ came to be Father's compassion to the world. Be kind in your actions. Do not think that you are the only…

— Mother Teresa

When Christ said: I was hungry and you fed me, he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he…

— Mother Teresa

My prayer for you is that you may grow in the likeness of Christ, being real carriers of God's love and that…

— Mother Teresa

If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction.

— Mother Teresa

Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God…

— Mother Teresa

I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.

— Mother Teresa

I believe in person to person. Every person is Christ to me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is…

— Mother Teresa

I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the…

— Mother Teresa

Every human being in that case resembles Christ in his loneliness; and that is the hardest part, that's real hunger.

— Mother Teresa

Therefore, even if you write a letter for a blind man or you must go and sit and listen, or you take…

— Mother Teresa

We need to give Christ a chance to make use of us, to be His word and His work, to share His…

— Mother Teresa