What did St Teresa say about prayer?
“And when the time comes and we can’t pray it is very simple: If Jesus is in my heart let Him pray, let me allow Him to pray in me, to talk to his Father in the silence of my heart,” she would say. “If I cannot speak, He will speak: If I cannot pray, He will pray.”
What did Mother Teresa say about praying?
“I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I’m supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I’m praying for strength.
What is the famous line of Mother Teresa?
1. “If I ever become a Saint–I will surely be one of ‘darkness. ‘ I will continually be absent from Heaven–to light the light of those in darkness on earth,” she said, according to Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, whose author described it as her “mission statement.” 2.
What is a quote for Saint Teresa?
“There is thing you can do but I cannot and there is thing I can but you cannot; so, let us make something beautiful for God.”
What is a traditional prayer?
Traditional prayers These are the prayers all Catholics are encouraged to know and use; they form the basis of individual and institutional prayer. Examples are The Sign of the Cross, the Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary; Glory Be (Trinity Prayer); the Morning Offering; Act of Sorrow; and the Apostles’ Creed.
What gift does Mother Teresa thank God for?
gift of peace
As we have gathered here to thank God for this gift of peace, I have given you all the prayer for peace that St Francis of Assisi prayed many years ago, and I wonder he must have felt the need what we feel today to pray for.
Did Mother Teresa say do it anyway?
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
Which saint said if this is how you treat your friends?
When Jesus told her, “Teresa, that’s how I treat my friends” Teresa responded, “No wonder you have so few friends.” Page 5 But since Christ has so few friends, she felt they should be good ones.