Why mother teresa is a hero

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McGrath from Roanoke, Virginia wrote: Mother Teresa is my hero because she represented all that is good and holy in a world filled with pain and suffering.

She replaced violence and disregard for human life with patience, kindness and stewardship. She was more than just a woman of great virtue and vision.

She was truly a modern day saint whose holiness touched an entire world. My hero is Mother Teresa because she always helped people and she never gave up. She never judged people or cared whether a person was hungry, homeless or had a disease.

She would always find the time to help them. She would stop in the street to help a hungry or homeless person because she always wanted the best for everyone. What counted was what was inside a person, and she always saw the goodness there. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26, in Skopje, Macedonia, but she said that the day of her baptism was her real birthday.

She was the youngest of three children and her father was an Albanian builder. Mother Teresa was an honest and giving person. Mother Teresa lived a life of happiness, peace and love. And she spread it across this entire world like butter. She saw poverty and hurt, reached out and provided those with what they needed most. Starting out as a one woman show, she started many Homes and Missionaries Namely the Missionaries of charity which now have thousands working for it.

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Stay up to date with the latest news, information, and special offers. Email Address. Mysteries of the Rosary. Anthony Evening Prayer. Elizabeth of Hungary. Trending Saints: St. Yet there was a requirement for sainthood that could not be waived: miracles. Until Mother Teresa was found responsible for two miracles that took place after her death, she could not be canonized as Saint Teresa. The two miracles attributed to Mother Teresa were ones of healing. She shared many life lessons throughout her time on Earth, many of which centered around love, compassion, helping others, and maintaining humility.

She embodied a wonderful example for all of us to follow — to simply love and give help to others without asking of either in return. She taught for many years in India becoming the headmistress at a school in eastern Calcutta.

What did Mother Teresa do? When she was 36 years old, Mother Teresa felt the call from God to help the poor of India.