What Mother Teresa Said to College Students
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In 1982, Mother Teresa of Calcutta delivered a powerful commencement address at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Today, I share with you her simple yet profound words to those young people. No matter what you're going through in life right now, Mother Teresa's timeless words will surely move your heart and remind you that you are beloved.
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"Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid to love. Even when suffering comes, humiliation comes, pain comes, success comes, joy comes. Remember, you are precious to Him. He loves you."- St. Teresa of Calcutta
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jeff Kaven show where we talk about the Bible, |
| 0:04.0 | discipleship and evangelization, |
| 0:06.5 | putting it all together and living as activated disciples. |
| 0:12.5 | This is show 255, |
| 0:15.0 | what Mother Teresa said to college students. |
| 0:23.0 | Thanks for joining me again this week. |
| 0:26.0 | Wow, I've got a show for you. |
| 0:28.0 | I am going to be doing something very different this week |
| 0:31.0 | and I'm going to go back into history |
| 0:34.0 | and I'm going to share a speech with you |
| 0:37.0 | that Mother Teresa gave to St. Thomas Aquinas College |
| 0:42.0 | way back in, what was it? |
| 0:45.0 | 1982. |
| 0:46.0 | And there are some things that she said there |
| 0:49.0 | that I think are so pertinent today |
| 0:51.0 | and so powerful that I want to share them with you. |
| 0:55.0 | Before we do that today, if you are interested in the show notes |
| 0:58.0 | which I will have a link to Mother Teresa's speech, |
| 1:02.0 | both video and the written speech, |
| 1:05.0 | I'll put that in the show notes. |
| 1:06.0 | And if you want the show notes, all you've got to do, |
| 1:08.0 | you know, you know the drill. |
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