Quotes from Mother Teresa
If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.
- Mother Teresa
Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.
- Mother Teresa
Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.
- Mother Teresa
Souls of prayer are souls of great silence
- Mother Teresa
Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.
- Mother Teresa
In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us.
- Mother Teresa
Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.
- Mother Teresa
If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.
- Mother Teresa
Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much.
- Mother Teresa
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
- Mother Teresa
The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace
- Mother Teresa
Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.
- Mother Teresa