Mother Teresa’s answer to “What will save the world?”

Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was once asked: “What will save the world?”

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She replied: "My answer is prayer. What we need is for every Parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer. “The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament … will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth".

“We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, ‘Where do the sisters get the joy and energy to do what they are doing?’ The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, ‘Come to Me.’ He is hungry for souls.”

“When the sisters are exhausted, up to their eyes in work, and all seems to go awry, they spend and hour in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice has never failed to bear fruit; they experience peace and strength.”

"Be only all for Jesus and give Jesus to others. That is why Jesus made Himself the Bread of Life. That is why He is there twenty-four hours. That is why He is longing for you and for me to share the joy of loving. And He says: 'As I have loved you.'

If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist."

"I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all parish priests that they may have Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world.”

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