In a message dated 05/23/2002 4:12:35 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I believe that the below mentioned Mother Teresa's words are more than a
quote. She has practiced before she preached.
One of the writer on Mother Teresa said
"Mother Teresa did not say or write any 'word' which she did not mean" >>
Dear Joel, Cip and All:
With the imminent Sainthood of Mother Teresa, there is a lot each one of us
can do to learn and try to emulate her.
The following article from February 2002 FMA (Franciscan Missionary
Associates) Focus, entitled "Mother Teresa on the Road to Sainthood," is
apropos:
Long before her death in this world, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was hailed as
a "living saint," even in areas where Christian missionaries were not always
welcome. It is clear from her expressions, from her conversations, from her
writings, that Mother Teresa found such accolades embarrassing, perhaps and
even somewhat ironic.
For in her early years as a religious with vows of poverty, chastity and
obedience, Mother Teresa was just like any other religious sister, giving her
life to God through prayer and good works... trying hard to discern God's
will... dealing with the conflicts created when a religious is called to a
mission that is new and different. For like many religious community
founders, Mother Teresa had to leave her own original religious congregation,
stepping out into what must have seemed like an uncharted path, lit by the
presence of the Holy Spirit.
She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a new community dedicated to the
work to which the tiny sister felt called by God -- working with the helpless
and abandoned, the lonely dying, those whom society wanted to forge, in the
streets of India. Eventually, that work would bring Mother Teresa and her
sisters to nearly every part of the world where God's poor were abandoned and
alone -- even to the crowded streets of Rome's poorest areas and New York
City. Eventually, Mother Teresa's community would include branches for
contemplatives, for brothers as well as sisters, and for thousands of laity
who found purpose to their lives as volunteers.
And for a world caught up in consumerism, Mother Teresa redefined poverty, to
include missions who lived with plenty, but who are so often empty inside,
even abandoned living in the midst of a crowd.
A very big job for a very tiny lady.
We do not have to go to the heart of Calcutta in order to help the needy or
to pray for the abandoned. We can support such efforts with our alms and
prayers and good works. We can do it whatever way is possible for us.
There is one certain way we can take part in this work of the Gospel that
Mother Teresa carried out so well -- we can speak kindly of the thousands of
missionaries at work, just as Mother Teresa was, all over the world. And we
can pray for them daily. ---------------------------
Best Wishes:
Pat
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