Saint Teresa of Calcutta

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Do It Anyway
by St. Mother Teresa

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends
and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.

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3 John 1:2

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Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3 John 1:2

Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist

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[public domain] — The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, by Michelangelo Caravaggio, 1608

O God, You raised up Saint John the Baptist
to prepare a perfect people for Christ.
Fill Your people with the joy of possessing his grace
and direct the minds of all the faithful
in the way of peace and salvation.

Grant us, as Saint John was martyred for truth and justice,
so we may energetically profess our Faith in You,
and lead others to the Way, the Truth, and Eternal Life.
Amen.