Sunday, September 4, 2016

"Come, Be My Light"

Mother Teresa's call to a special type of work came to here while she was a Sister of Loreto and had worked for twenty years in Calcutta as teacher.  Jesus said to her, "I'm sending you into the dark holes of the poor.  Come be my light."  And so it was that she left the Sisters of Loreto and began her work in the slums and streets of Calcutta, caring especially for the dying and helping them to die clean, at peace and with dignity.  Others joined her and the Missionaries of Charity began, eventually staffing orphanages, medical centers and houses for the dying.  Now her work extends far from Calcutta and today, this simply, tiny woman was canonized.  Despite her own "inner darkness" she shines as a light of hope and an example of selfless charity to a world sinking deeper and deeper into darkness.  May she inspire us to become Christ, attentive to the needs of our neighbors, and a light to our families and communities.
Bro. Rene

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