4 Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi) Quotes on Suffering

Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi) quotes on suffering

1. Holiness is not the luxury of the few; it is a simply duty, for you and for me, because Jesus has very clearly stated, 'Be ye holy as my father in heaven is holy.' So let us pray for each other that we grow in love for each other, and through this love become holy as Jesus wants us to be for he died out of love for us. One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say, 'You know, this terrible pain is only the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Jesus on the cross that he can kiss you.' And she joined her hands together and said, 'Mother Teresa, please tell Jesus to stop kissing me.

6. I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.

20. The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved they are Jesus in disguise.

26. When I see waste here, I feel angry on the inside. I don't approve of myself getting angry. But it's something you can't help after seeing Ethiopia.