[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE TO MOTHER TERESA
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, we just received word that Mother Teresa
has died in Calcutta of cardiac arrest. With Mother Teresa's death,
another bright light has gone out in the world.
Someone once asked St. Francis what a person needed to do to please
God. He answered, ``Preach the Gospel every day. If necessary--use
words.'' Mother Teresa lived just that sort of life. She was a living
reminder to all of us that faith is more than words. It is the good
deeds we do in this world.
She was a tiny woman, but she was an enormous inspiration. In the
same way we can best show our respect for Princess Diana by supporting
the ideals she believed in, the best way to honor Mother Teresa is to
reach outside of ourselves and try to show a little more compassion in
our own lives.
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