Mother Teresa

Born Into This World August 26, 1910 ,
known as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu .
Entered Into Eternal Life, September 5, 1997.
God, our loving Father,
You have given us a beautiful example of love
in action through Your daughter,
Mother Teresa. In her life she showed
us how to follow Jesus by loving
and serving others. She joyfully fed
the hungry, rallied for the poor and unwanted,
cared for the sick and dying, and sheltered
the homeless. May we imitate her love
and generosity by reaching out to
Your needy ones. Thank You for the gift of
Mother Teresa. May she now
rest in Your arms eternally. Amen.

Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,
joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928.
She took the name "Teresa"
after St. Teresa of Lesiux, patroness of the Missionaries.

In 1948, she came across a half-dead
woman lying in front of a Calcutta hospital.
She stayed with the woman until she died.
From that point on,
she dedicated the majority of her
life to helping the poorest of the poor
in India, thus gaining her the name
"Saint of the Gutters."
She founded an order of nuns
called the Missionaries
of Charity in Calcutta,India
dedicated to serving the poor.
Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries
of Charity have grown from 12 sisters
in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions
throughout 100 countries worldwide.

For over 50 years, she worked selflessly helping the poor.
That devotion towards the poor
won her respect throughout the world
and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Mother Teresa was a living
saint and she will be greatly missed.
Eternal rest grant unto her Lord,
and may Perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace. Amen.

Something Beautiful For God

Come with me into a world of poverty,
Into a land where men are dying endlessly,
Into a world of inhumanity,
Can't you see they're starving, where's your charity?
They laugh and cry, they're people just like you and me,
They need help and not just sympathy.
Show each one something beautiful for God above,
Something beautiful to show your love,
Something beautiful for God above,
Something beautiful to show your love.
A day goes by, the night is long for everyone.
A child is crying, perhaps he'll live to see the sun,
and yet he knows the morning may not come.
Throughout the world our brothers live in poverty,
They're everywhere, if only we have eyes to see,
So look around and find your sanity.
Show to men the love that He has shown to you,
and feed His lambs as He has fed each one of you,
He loves them as much as He loves you.
Show each one something beautiful for God above,
Something beautiful to show your love,
Something beautiful for God above,
Something beautiful to show your love.
~~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta~~