Memorial of Blessed Mother Teresa
The saint of the gutters.
Blessed Teresa has joined the ranks of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Therese of Lisieux as my special patrons. September 5 is the tenth anniversary of Mother’s death.
The words of St. Teresa of Avila, citing St. Clare on holy poverty, seem able to be applied to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta:
“St. Clare said, great walls are those of poverty. She said it was with walls like these, and those of humility, that she wanted to enclose her monasteries. Surely, if poverty is truly observed, recollection and all the other virtues will be much better fortified than with very sumptuous buildings.” - Way of Perfection
Mother and her Missionaries of Charity demonstrate this. They are contemplatives amongst the poorest of the poor. Modern examples of religious life imbued with the spirit of the saints of old.
“The walls of poverty and humility.” I like that.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
[Zenit has a piece on Mother's interior life which explains the darkness of soul she experienced was commensurate with the stage of prayer known as transforming union with God. I also suggested this in my earlier post on the subject, "Mother Teresa and the Night of Faith".]
September 6th, 2007 at 5:43 am
The fact that she continued to do her work despite how she felt, makes it all the more amazing.