Daily Thought For July 16, 2020

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St. Teresa of Calcutta's Wish For Students

To students: I pray that all those young people who have graduated, do not carry just a piece of paper with them but that they carry with them love, peace, and joy. That they become the sunshine of God's love to our people, the hope of eternal happiness, and the burning flame of love wherever they go. That they become carriers of God's love. That they be able to give what they have received. For they have received not to keep but to share. 

from Do Something Beautiful For God —The Essential Teachings of Mother Teresa p.59

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