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Saint Teresa of Calcutta on Abortion

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In honor of today's March for Life in Washington, DC, here are two quotations by St. Teresa of Calcutta on abortion and the sanctity of human life at every stage. It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you live as you wish. *** The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. — St. Teresa of Calcutta ________________________________________ Prayer for the Intercession of St. Teresa of Calcutta Jesus, You made Saint Teresa an example of humility, charity and selflessness. She taught us that every human life has value and dignity. May we follow her in heeding Your cry of thirst from the Cross, and in loving the poorest of the poor. Grant us, by her intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore knowing that she is numbered among Your saints. We ask this in Your name, through the intercession of Mary, Your Mother and the

Saint Teresa of Calcutta on Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament

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Saint Teresa of Calcutta dedicated her life to serving the sick, the poor, and the marginalized. She founded the Missionaries of Charity to extend that mission throughout the world. She once observed: "I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament." The quotes below illustrate her deep love for Christ in the Eucharist. If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist. *** To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love - the tender love of Our Father in Heaven. *** When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. *** Each Holy Communion, each breaking of the Bread of Life, each sharing should produce in us the same, for it is th

Unborn Lives Matter

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We post this because its assertion is unequivocally true. In the words of Saint Teresa of Calcutta: "the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself." We must change hearts and laws so they protect the unborn. Last year, DePaul University, the largest Catholic university in the U.S., banned this poster from being displayed on campus. Like other Catholic institutions of higher learning, Depaul has forsaken its Catholic tradition in favor of secular interests. As Catholics, the dignity of human beings at every stage of life should be our foremost concern; for without "life" all other concerns are non-existent. __________________________________________ Prayer to God the Father of All Life Eternal God, You have revealed Yourself as the Father of all Life. We praise You for the Fatherly care which You extend to all creation, and especially to us, m

Saint Mother Teresa’s Powerful Pro-Life Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast Before Bill & Hillary Clinton

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Twenty-three years ago today, St. Teresa of Calcutta delivered a strident speech in defense of life and opposing abortion as a moral depravity. It was without a doubt a remarkable event, played out on live T.V. Lifenews describes the scene : The occasion was the annual National Prayer Breakfast, a huge ecumenical gathering in Washington. As president, Bill Clinton was a high-profile attendee, with Hillary accompanying him. That year, on Feb. 3, 1994, the keynoter was a very special guest, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and saintly figure who had come all the way from the most impoverished area of the planet, the slums of Kolkata. Mother Teresa was barely visible, being partially obscured by the microphones atop the podium. Her message, delivered in a firm voice was unmistakable. She called abortion "the greatest destroyer of love and peace", saying in part: But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct

Prayer for the Canonization of Mother Teresa

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Jesus, you made Mother Teresa an example of humility, charity and selflessness. She taught us that every human life has value and dignity. May we follow her in heeding Your cry of thirst from the cross, and in loving the poorest of the poor.  Grant us, by her intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore..., knowing that she will soon be numbered among Your saints. We ask this in Your name,  through the intercession of Mary,  Your Mother and the Mother of us all. Amen.

Mother Teresa on the Disruption of Peace in the World

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Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace in the world. ***  If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. — Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa to Be Made a Saint on Sept. 4th

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The date of Blessed Mother Teresa’s canonization has been announced. It will occur on Sept. 4th of this year, a day which also marks a special jubilee for workers and volunteers of mercy. The Vatican made the announcement following a March 15th consistory of cardinals. A CNA/EWTN report briefly summarizes Mother's life and work: Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Aug. 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia. After joining the Sisters of Loretto at age 17, she was sent to Calcutta, where she later contracted tuberculosis, and was sent to rest in Darjeeling. On the way, she felt what she called “an order” from God to leave the convent and live among the poor. After she left her convent, Mother Teresa began working in the slums, teaching poor children, and treating the sick in their homes. A year later, some of her former students joined her, and together they took in men, women and children who were dying in the gutters along the streets. ... The consistory also determined

Canonization of Mother Teresa to be set March 15

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In December, after months of anticipation, the miracle allowing for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta was approved by the Vatican. Speculation about the canonization had been growing for months. Today it was announced that Pope Francis will sign a decree authorizing Mother's canonization on March 15. Vatican Radio reports : Pope Francis will hold an ordinary public consistory of cardinals in the Vatican March 15, during which he will sign the decree for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata and four others.  The dates and venue  of their sainthood ceremony are expected to be declared at the consistory.  Pope Francis had officially cleared Blessed Mother Teresa for sainthood on Dec. 17, 2015, recognizing the miraculous healing through her intercession of a Brazilian man with multiple brain abscesses.   Mother Teresa was conferred the title Blessed in Rome, Italy, on October 19, 2003, after Pope St. John Paul II recognized  the miraculous healing

Blessed Mother Teresa on Faith: "Words that do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness."

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We need to find God and God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grow in silence; see the stars, the moon, the sun, how they move in silence. Is not our mission to give God to the poor in the slums? Not a dead God, but a living, loving God. The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say, but what God says to us and through us. All our words will be useless unless they come from within — words that do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. — Blessed Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa to be Named a Saint

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CNA/EWTN News reports: After months of anticipation, the miracle allowing for the canonization of Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta has officially been approved by the Vatican, though as of now no specific date for the event has been given. Rumors of the canonization have been building for months. However, the Vatican made it official in a Dec. 18 communique, which also recognized the heroic virtue of Fr. Giuseppe Ambrosoli of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, giving him the title "Venerable." Though Pope Francis met with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, mere days ago to advance several causes of canonization, including an American, he met with the cardinal again in a private audience on his birthday, Dec. 17. In the course of the meeting the Pope accepted the miracle attributed to Mother Teresa which had been being studied, namely, the healing of a Brazilian man inexplicably cured of brain abscesses. Although

Prayer for the Canonization of Mother Teresa

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Jesus, you made Blessed Teresa an example, of humility, charity and selflessness. She taught us that every human life has value and dignity. May we follow her in heeding Your cry of thirst from the Cross, and in loving the poorest of the poor.  Grant us, by her intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore..., hoping that she will soon be numbered among Your saints. We ask this in Your name,  through the intercession of Mary,  Your Mother and the Mother of us all. Amen.