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    In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers
    In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers
    In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers
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    In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers

    By Mother Teresa

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    In the Heart of the World is a powerful portrait of one of the most beloved women of all time, told in her own words through a fascinating blend of daily life experiences, prayers, and spiritual wisdom. Follow Mother Teresa to the streets of Calcutta, Rome, and New York and listen as she offers pearls of spiritual truth as relevant today as when she began her work more than sixty years ago.

    With humor, compassion, and lyrical clarity, Mother Teresa illuminates the sacred in the intimate everyday tasks of living. In the Heart of the World bears indisputable testimony to the influence of a soul wholly dedicated — with a heart of love — to a life of service. Through this book, Mother Teresa will inspire you to reach out with love and compassion to others, and to work together for world peace.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew World Library
    Release dateOct 4, 2010
    ISBN9781577312802
    In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers
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    Mother Teresa

    Mother Teresa (1910–1997) founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious order devoted to serving the poor. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2016, the Roman Catholic Church canonized her as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

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    • 5/5
      This is a wonderful little book full of gems of wisdom from Mother Teresa. Anyone seeking to better themselves through sacrifice and self-service should read this inspiring little volume.
    • 5/5
      Thank you mother Theresa for opening our eyes clearly to see that the poor exist everywhere including the big cities, and teaching us how to take care of them.

    • 5/5
      May You help me God to live this book and not just read it. Thank You for Mother Teresa's words, washing like a hot shower when I feel so discouraged. I needed to read these thoughts on silence. This has been a silent year.
      Please God, use this year of ashes for something beautiful. Help me to wait.
    • 5/5
      nice :)
    • 4/5
      This is a very small book like the woman Mother Teresa herself. Although small in size like Mother Teresa this book delivers a huge dose of inspiration for anyone that reads it. Sometimes we just need simplicity in our lives and thru Mother Teresa's words we can have the spirit of God and helping others come to our forefronts. I found this simple message very inspiring. Mother Teresa doesn't need a lot of words to get her message across. I think this book would be a worthwhile read for anyone looking for some inspiration and purpose.

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    In the Heart of the World - Mother Teresa

    Mother Teresa

    1910–1997

    IN THE HEART

    of

    THE WORLD

    Thoughts, Stories & Prayers

    MOTHER TERESA

    Edited by Becky Benenate

    NEW WORLD LIBRARY

    NOVATO, CALIFORNIA

    New World Library

    14 Pamaron Way

    Novato, California 94949

    Copyright © 1997 by New World Library

    Originally published as The Mother Teresa Reader, A Life for God,

    compiled by LaVonne Neff, which was derived from works compiled

    and edited by Henry Dietrich, Jose Luis Gonzalez-Balado, and

    Angelo Scolozzi, published by Servant Publications, Inc., © 1995.

    All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part,

    stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means —

    electronic, mechanical, or other — without written permission from the

    publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

    Chapter opening quotations reprinted by permission from

    Works of Love Are Works of Peace by Michael Collopy,

    published by Ignatius Press, San Francisco, California.

    Text design: Aaron Kenedi

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Teresa, Mother, 1910 – 1997

    [Mother Teresa reader]

    In the heart of the world : thoughts, stories & prayers

    Mother Teresa : edited by Becky Benenate

    p. cm.

    originally published: Mother Teresa reader.

    Servant Publications, © 1995.

    ISBN 978-1-57731-065-9 (cloth : alk. paper)

    1. Meditations. I. Benenate, Becky. II. Title.

    First hardcover printing, 1997

    First paperback printing, March 2010

    Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

    New World Library is a proud member of the Green Press Initiative.

    ISBN 978-1-57731-900-9

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    CONTENTS

    THOUGHTS

    On Compassion

    On Silence

    On Joy

    On Contemplation

    On Generosity

    On Sacrifice

    STORIES

    Remember the Small Things

    The Distressing Disguise of Suffering

    Giving Freely

    To Notice Beauty in Others

    Opening the Heart

    To Die Like an Angel

    Abandonment Is an Awful Poverty

    The Warmth of a Hand

    To Give of Yourself

    Sharing Love with Others

    The Great Gift of Love

    The Tenderness of God

    A Home, A Gift

    A Beautiful Example of Love

    Generous and Great People

    PRAYERS

    Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace

    Shine Through Me

    Blessed Are You Among Women

    Holy, Holy, Holy

    Our Father

    Come, Let Us Bow Down

    O Jesus, You Who Suffer

    IN THE HEART

    of

    THE WORLD

    Thoughts

    On Compassion

    "We will never know how much

    just a simple smile will do."

    Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at

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