Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
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An elderly man, after being rescued from the streets, asked Mother Teresa,
“Why do you do this?”
Mother Teresa replied, “Because I love you.”
“Why do you do this?”
Mother Teresa replied, “Because I love you.”
Mother Teresa : "Angel of Mercy" On October 19, 2003
Pope John Paul II beautified Mother Teresa
Pope John Paul II beautified Mother Teresa
Thanks Giving story from Mother Teresa
“One night, a man came to our house to tell me that a Hindu family, a family of eight children, had not eaten anything for days.They had nothing to eat.
I took enough rice for a meal and went to their house. I could see the hungry faces, the children with their bulging eyes. The sight could not have been more dramatic!
The mother took the rice from my hands, divided it in half and went out.
When she came back a little later, I asked her: ‘Where did you go? What did you do?’
She answered, ‘They also are hungry.’
‘They’ were the people next door, a Muslim family with the same number of children to feed and who did not have any food either.
That mother was aware of the situation. She had the courage and the love to share her meager portion of rice with others. In spite of her circumstances, I think she felt very happy to share with her neighbors the little I had taken her.
In order not to take away her happiness, I did not take her anymore rice that night. I took her some more the following day.”
From “Mother Teresa: In My Own Words,” compiled by Jose’ Luis Gonzalez-Balado, 1996
I took enough rice for a meal and went to their house. I could see the hungry faces, the children with their bulging eyes. The sight could not have been more dramatic!
The mother took the rice from my hands, divided it in half and went out.
When she came back a little later, I asked her: ‘Where did you go? What did you do?’
She answered, ‘They also are hungry.’
‘They’ were the people next door, a Muslim family with the same number of children to feed and who did not have any food either.
That mother was aware of the situation. She had the courage and the love to share her meager portion of rice with others. In spite of her circumstances, I think she felt very happy to share with her neighbors the little I had taken her.
In order not to take away her happiness, I did not take her anymore rice that night. I took her some more the following day.”
From “Mother Teresa: In My Own Words,” compiled by Jose’ Luis Gonzalez-Balado, 1996
"Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters."
- Colossians 3:23
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
- Mother Theresa
God, we thank you for gardens, both at home and in our communities. We thank you for the abundant earth, which we have been given, and ask that you would remind us that we are only its stewards. May we tend and care with greatest humility for the source of our sustenance and well being. Amen.
- Colossians 3:23
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
- Mother Theresa
God, we thank you for gardens, both at home and in our communities. We thank you for the abundant earth, which we have been given, and ask that you would remind us that we are only its stewards. May we tend and care with greatest humility for the source of our sustenance and well being. Amen.
Mother Teresa: How to Love God
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"God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength."
- 1 Corinthians 1:25
"In order to arrive at what you do not know / You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance. / In order to possess what you do not possess / You must go by the way of dispossession. / In order to arrive at what you are not / You must go through the way in which you are not. / And what you do not know is the only thing you know / And what you own is what you do not own / And where you are is where you are not."
- T.S. Eliot, from his poem "East Coker"
Link to T.S. Eliot's Poem: "East Coker"
- 1 Corinthians 1:25
"In order to arrive at what you do not know / You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance. / In order to possess what you do not possess / You must go by the way of dispossession. / In order to arrive at what you are not / You must go through the way in which you are not. / And what you do not know is the only thing you know / And what you own is what you do not own / And where you are is where you are not."
- T.S. Eliot, from his poem "East Coker"
Link to T.S. Eliot's Poem: "East Coker"
"Old men ought to be explorers
Here or there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
Through the dark cold and the empty desolation,
The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning."
Four Quartets: East Coker T.S.Eliot
Here or there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
Through the dark cold and the empty desolation,
The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning."
Four Quartets: East Coker T.S.Eliot
"Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation -- if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good."
- 1 Peter 2:2-3
"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake."
- Meister Eckhart
God, there is so much war, so much violence, so much conflict. And it is the poorest and most vulnerable who suffer even more as a result: in displacement, in victimization, in loss of life. We lift up those of our brothers and sisters whose lives are most impacted by such circumstances. Bring peace to their lives, to their societies, to their worlds. Amen.
"But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild animals may eat. You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard."
- Exodus 23:11
"Kindness in words creates confidence. / Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. / Kindness in giving creates love… / Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness."
- Laozi, 570-490 BCE
- 1 Peter 2:2-3
"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake."
- Meister Eckhart
God, there is so much war, so much violence, so much conflict. And it is the poorest and most vulnerable who suffer even more as a result: in displacement, in victimization, in loss of life. We lift up those of our brothers and sisters whose lives are most impacted by such circumstances. Bring peace to their lives, to their societies, to their worlds. Amen.
"But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild animals may eat. You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard."
- Exodus 23:11
"Kindness in words creates confidence. / Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. / Kindness in giving creates love… / Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness."
- Laozi, 570-490 BCE
Exclusive Mother Teresa 1974 1-2
It takes the Holy
To make us aware of our
Un-holiness state
Thomastwo (Haiku 5-7-5)
To make us aware of our
Un-holiness state
Thomastwo (Haiku 5-7-5)
