Mother Teresa's 100th Birthday
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Hundreds of devotees gathered in West Bengal to celebrate Mother Teresa’s 100th birthday.
A special Mass was held at the cathedral ahead of her birthday, which falls on Wednesday.
Albanian born Mother Teresa made Kolkata her home and dedicated her life to the service of poor and destitute children.
Her wisdom and nobility spread far and wide and was adopted by many.
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997 at the age of 87. She was well known as the 'Saint of the Gutter' for her extraordinary love and dedication to poor, homeless and diseased people.
[Beatriz Tubela, Devotee from Spain]: (English) ((Cut last sentence))
"I came here because this year is the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa, so, I would like to give her tribute because of all the good things that she did in this world (which) is nowadays full of violence and poor people."
Mother Teresa was beautified by the pope in October 2003, paving the way for her canonization as a saint.
She came to India in 1929 at the age of 18 and took up teaching and became an Indian citizen in 1948.
The nun started working in slums and later set up her Missionaries of Charity, which was approved by the Vatican in 1950.
The organization now runs more than 500 charity homes in over 100 countries.
Mother Teresa received several national and international awards for social service during her lifetime.
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People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centred.
Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
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Give your best anyway.In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
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Originally posted by the Bear:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centred.
Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.What you spend years creating, others may destroy overnight.
Create anyway.If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.Give the best that you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
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there were a number of reports from poor Indians saying that Mother Theresa was a fraud............
they said she fed only hundreds but claimed to have fed tens of thousands.............
they said she spent a lot of time in Europe and also stayed in hotels in India..............
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
there were a number of reports from poor Indians saying that Mother Theresa was a fraud............
they said she fed only hundreds but claimed to have fed tens of thousands.............
they said she spent a lot of time in Europe and also stayed in hotels in India..............
yup... but please read what is written on the wall the home for children founded by her...