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Blessed Mother Teresa of
Calcutta
September 5th
When a dying
person came or was brought to Mother Teresa and her sisters,
they were met with nothing but love. They were washed and given
clean clothes, medicine, and—most important—someone who could
hold their hand, listen, stroke their foreheads, and comfort
them with love in their last days.
In 1979, at the
age of 69, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
She “received
the news with characteristic lack of fuss,” Time
magazine reported at the time. “Personally, I am unworthy,” she
said. In accepting the Prize, she expressed her unequivocal
opposition to abortion. Mother Teresa
refused
to attend the traditional Nobel banquet in her honor,
asking that the $7,000 cost of the dinner instead |
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instead be
donated to the poor of India. Nobel officials offered to donate
$7,000 and also hold a banquet; Mother Teresa held fast, asking
that whatever money was available to honor her be donated to the
poor. The people of Norway responded to her selflessness by
raising an additional $52,000 to support her work.
A Great Model
to Role Model to follow. |