Social media is ablaze with postings emphasising how important mothers are in our lives. People express their love for their moms and share their wishes.
Digital Desk: The world a child can see, a finger that makes them learn to walk, a warm hug that makes all stress and worries aside, these powers are only within one person whom one should cherish with great love, care and respect, Happy Mothers Day to the mother's worldwide.
As a result, on Mother's Day, social media is ablaze with postings emphasising how important mothers are in our lives. People express their love for their moms and share their wishes for them on numerous channels, particularly Twitter.
Who doesn't know about Mother Teresa? A saint, a Mother who dedicated her life for the dying in the slums of Calcutta, there's more to learn about her; let's check some facts about her-
A Short Brief about Mother Teresa :
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, born at Anjez Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian, on August 26th August 1910, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
Mother Teresa was born in Skopje (formerly Üsküp, now the capital of North Macedonia), which was now part of the Ottoman Empire's Kosovo Vilayet. After eighteen years in Skopje, she travelled to Ireland and eventually to India, where she spent the rest of her life.
Her Contribution:
Mother Teresa was known throughout her lifetime as the Catholic nun who dedicated her life to caring for the poor and dying in Calcutta's slums.
From one of Mother Teresa's famous quotes- "We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something."
Did you Know these facts?
St. Teresa of Avila, a sixteenth-century Spanish nun, inspired her (Mother Teresa) to choose the name "Teresa."
Mother Teresa received the inaugural Pope John XXIII Peace Prize from Pope Paul VI in 1971.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was given to her by the Indian government.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. These honours were accepted on behalf of the underprivileged by Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint on September 4, 2016.
She established the Missionaries of Charity, a Catholic nuns' organisation committed to assisting the needy.
Mother Teresa was also named "The Saint of the Gutters" by the people.
On August 22, 1952, Mother Teresa inaugurated Nirmal Hriday ("Place of the Immaculate Heart"), a sanatorium for the dying.
How many of you know why she was called "Mother Teresa"?
As she made her final occupation of vows to a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience on May 24, 1937. As was customary for Loreto nuns, she was named "Mother" and became known as Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa left the world on September 5 1997. Her great deeds are still remembered.
Wasn't she a great mother? Mothers are strong mentally and physically; vow to your mothers to love and protect them.
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