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Art Print by Daniel B. Holeman ~ Awaken Visions

 

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Who are we to accuse anybody?

It is possible that we see them doing something we think is not right, but we do not know why they are doing it.

Jesus encourages us not to judge anybody.

Maybe we are the ones responsible for others doing things we think are not right.

Let us not forget that we are dealing with our brothers and sisters. That leper, that sick person, that drunk, are all our brothers and sisters. They, too, have been created by a greater love.

This is something we should never forget. 

That sick person, that alcoholic, that thief, are my brothers and sisters.

It is possible that they find themselves abandoned in the street because no one gave them love and understanding. You and I could be in their place if we had not received love and understanding from other human beings.

I will never forget the alcoholic man who told me his story. He was a man who had surrendered to alcohol to forget the fact that no one loved him.

Before we judge the poor, we have the duty to look inside ourselves.

Mother Teresa

 

 

Mother Teresa was born in Skopje in what is now Macedonia in 1910. At the age of eighteen she  joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with a mission in Calcutta.

From 1929 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that in 1946 she received permission from the Catholic church to leave the convent school and devote herself to working among the poor in the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she founded the order of Missionaries of Charity.

In 1965, Pope Paul VI put the Missionaries of Charity under the control of the Papacy and gave authorization to Mother Teresa to expand her Order to other countries. Centers have opened almost everywhere around the world to assist lepers, the elderly, the blind, and people living with AIDS. Mother Teresa also opened schools and homes for the poor and abandoned children.

The legendary Mother Teresa's work for the poor has become the yardstick by which the world measures compassion, generosity, and selflessness, and she has received a number of awards and distinctions, among them in 1979 the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting peace and brotherhood among the nations.

Her words and actions have inspired millions of people from all religions and races to help the poor and the needy, and this legacy is her gift to mankind.

For a full biography and additional links please visit Mother Teresa - Her Life

 

The Blessings of Love

Mother Teresa : A Complete Authorized Biography
During her lifetime, Mother Teresa resisted having her full biography written. Then, in 1991, realizing that accounts of her life and work could inspire others, she gave Kathryn Spink, who had long been intimately involved with the work of Mother Teresa and her order and co-workers around the world, permission to proceed with a complete biography on the understanding that it would not be finished until after her death. Here, now, is the complete story of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a woman regarded by millions as a contemporary saint for her dedication to serving the poorest of the poor. From her childhood in Balkans as a member of a remarkably openhearted and religious family to her work in India, from attending the victims of war-torn Beirut to pleading with George Bush and Saddam Hussein to choose peace over war. Mother Teresa was driven by an absolute faith. She consistently claimed that she was simply responding to Christ's boundless love for her and for all of humanity.  Clad in her white peasant sari with blue edging, Mother Teresa brought to the world a great and living lesson in joyful and selfless love.

Heart of Joy
The Transforming
Power of Self Giving

 

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