Mother Teresa – A Living Saint
Mother Teresa, in a statement she made, really best described herself when she said “Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons” (Mother). She has indeed been a lesson for all of us to learn from, she inspired the world. Mother Teresa inspired the world through her works of mercy, every day she lived her life following the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, the model that Jesus gave us on how we should treat others. God was the center of her existence and her expression of love in all that she did became her main focus, she believed and lived her life under the guidance that God is love. She lived every moment of her life for God, living her life in service, caring for …show more content…
On May 24, 1937 she made her final profession as a Loreto nun. Following Loreto custom she assumed the title of Mother Teresa taking the Final Profession of Vows at the convent chapel in Darjeeling with Archbishop Ferdinand Perier, S.J. as celebrant. Her vows to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience were not the only promise she made that day, Mother Teresa also promised to devote herself with particular care to the instruction of youth. She spent the next eighteen years at the school for girls, first as a teacher, then as headmistress. On Sundays she would go out and visit the poor. Although she felt she had nothing to give the poor on her visits she said that she went to visit so she could bring them joy. Those Sunday’s gave Mother Theresa the ability to provided spiritual works of mercy to the poor; she comforted the sorrowful and counseled the doubtful. While in Calcutta, she experienced two traumatic times, the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Hindu/Muslim violence in 1946. These things had a great impact on her …show more content…
On September 10, 1946, a train ride from Calcutta to the Himalayan foothills involved something that changed Mother Teresa’s life forever. It is what she referred to as the “call within a call” Christ spoke to her telling her to abandon her work as a teacher and go to Calcutta’s poorest and sickest people to help them (Kolodiejchuk 40). This call was the beginning of the Missionaries of Charity. This date will later be known by her congregation as Inspiration Day
Mother Teresa, in a statement she made, really best described herself when she said “Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons” (Mother). She has indeed been a lesson for all of us to learn from, she inspired the world. Mother Teresa inspired the world through her works of mercy, every day she lived her life following the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, the model that Jesus gave us on how we should treat others. God was the center of her existence and her expression of love in all that she did became her main focus, she believed and lived her life under the guidance that God is love. She lived every moment of her life for God, living her life in service, caring for …show more content…
On May 24, 1937 she made her final profession as a Loreto nun. Following Loreto custom she assumed the title of Mother Teresa taking the Final Profession of Vows at the convent chapel in Darjeeling with Archbishop Ferdinand Perier, S.J. as celebrant. Her vows to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience were not the only promise she made that day, Mother Teresa also promised to devote herself with particular care to the instruction of youth. She spent the next eighteen years at the school for girls, first as a teacher, then as headmistress. On Sundays she would go out and visit the poor. Although she felt she had nothing to give the poor on her visits she said that she went to visit so she could bring them joy. Those Sunday’s gave Mother Theresa the ability to provided spiritual works of mercy to the poor; she comforted the sorrowful and counseled the doubtful. While in Calcutta, she experienced two traumatic times, the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Hindu/Muslim violence in 1946. These things had a great impact on her …show more content…
On September 10, 1946, a train ride from Calcutta to the Himalayan foothills involved something that changed Mother Teresa’s life forever. It is what she referred to as the “call within a call” Christ spoke to her telling her to abandon her work as a teacher and go to Calcutta’s poorest and sickest people to help them (Kolodiejchuk 40). This call was the beginning of the Missionaries of Charity. This date will later be known by her congregation as Inspiration Day