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Saint Teresa of Calcutta was known for spending countless hours attending to the dying, the sick, and the poor. This flowed from her rich prayer life: Daily Mass and a daily holy hour. Where did Mother Teresa learn to sacrifice herself for others?

Dranafile (Bernai) Bojaxhiu (abt. 1889) - WikiTree

Her first teacher in virtue was none other than her mother, Dranafile Bojaxhiu. 

The following excerpt is adapted from my book, The Parents of the Saints:

Our Lord’s words, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” (Mt 25:40),  have fallen on many deaf ears for over two thousand years, but not this saint.

Before the newly canonized Mother Teresa sacrificed for those dying in the gutters of Calcutta by cleaning off their wounds and preparing them for death, she learned Christ’s sacrificial love firsthand from her parents’ example. According to Kathyrn Spink, who knew St. Teresa of Calcutta personally:

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