The topic that I chose is Mother Teresa and her impact on Christian Renewal. I chose this topic because Mother Teresa is such an important figure in modern Christianity especially to women. Throughout this course I noticed one major issue that Christianity seemed to face was unity. However, Mother Teresa seemed to unify not only the Christian population around the world, but people from all types of religions, cultures, and classes. Mother Teresa’s focus on serving the poor sheds light on our call to service as an extremely crucial part of our Christian faith. Being a part of the Holy Cross community has especially taught me the importance of works as a part of the Christian faith, which Mother Teresa stressed and was a living example …show more content…
Even as a child the only thing that she ever wanted in her life was to meet and understand the needs of others. For over 45 years she was devoted to helping the poorest people of India. Her example was followed by hundreds of women, who devoted their lives, becoming a part of the Missionaries of Charity. This congregation founded by Mother Teresa began with only 13 nuns, but now the Missionaries of Charity is present in over 130 countries around the world, reminding people the meaning of love. She always said, “It doesn’t matter what we do, the only thing that matters is how much love we put into it.” In 1979 Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize. After passing away in 1997, she was beatified in late 2003 and canonized a saint on September 4, …show more content…
I believe that Mother Teresa of Calcutta has shone the warm light of God's love and compassion on the entire world. Mother Teresa highlights the importance of Jesus’ call by stating, "Come, be my light … Bring me into the dark holes of the poor. Come, carry me, I cannot go alone." Throughout her life on earth, and even now in her life as a saint in the Kingdom of God, she stands as a beacon of light for all reflecting the love of God to all those who seek him. In the darkest parts of the world, and even the parts of the world that appear to be light and loved, those who seek signs of his nearness and care in the darkness of human suffering and sin, can find His message through her and her
the shining light in a dark time that so many people see her to be? According to In The
Dorothy L. Sayers defines a Christian’s work as a “...natural exercise and function of man- the creature who is made in the image of his Creator” (Sayers 194). Sayers summarizes her view on work by saying, “...it is the duty of the Church to see to it that the work serves God, and that the worker serves the work” (Sayers 198). Sayers finds the duty of work to rest not only with the Christian, but also with the church.
While comparing her time, theology and spiritual practice we realize she lived during the time of immense change, similarly we are living on the edge of a challenged modernity. Her spiritual direction allows us to recognize and develop further abilities in our pastoral ministries of caring for one another as participants within the corporate communities as well as within the mission fields.
Around the world,, there are those who don’t have access to food, shelter or even clothes. Although most people wouldn't lift a finger to help the situation, the work of Caritas, Oasis and the Brotherhood of St. Laurence has a major impact on the lives of these people and although they may come from different denominations, they still work towards a common goal: helping all those in need. Their work reflects the teachings of the New Testament as well as the Catholic Social teachings, this essay will have a look at how they do that.
To begin, Mother Teresa stands as a strong activist from India, who deserves recognition for her tremendous actions. Mother Teresa, founder of a religious group of nuns in Calcutta, India, devoted her life to aiding sick and poor people throughout the world. I see Mother Teresa as an important figure to depict, since she dedicated her life to helping other and even inspired others to do the same. Born in war-torn Albania, Mother Teresa survived her childhood and at 19 joined the Sisters of Loreto in India. She served with missionary order of nuns for 20 years, until she had a realization of her life’s mission. She found that she needed to help the poor and sick. So, Mother Teresa descended into the slums of Calcutta and began the Sisters of Charity. From there, she led the Sisters of Charity in ministering to the sick and hungry by giving them much needed food and live. Mother Teresa received local reconviction; but in 1969, after a documentary on her work, she became a celebrity and was deemed a modern day saint. Mother Teresa used this to increase awareness of her work, thus benefiting the poor and sick further. She gave speeches all over the world emphasizing the struggle of the poor. Before her death, Mother Teresa had met a large number of world l...
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Mother Teresa was one of the most renowned humanitarians of her time. She dedicated her life to other people never to herself. She had many missions throughout her lifetime and was well known throughout the world. Mother Teresa was a kind-hearted woman whose quest was to make this world a better place.
We as individuals alongside the Catholic Church play a crucial role in being able to make a difference in not only the lives of people experiencing homelessness but also to the lives of people who are more disregarded in society. The Catholic Church already undertakes many charity works and distributing of goods to help those around us but with the supporting help of communities and us as individuals we are able to reinforce this idea to help create a stronger more equal society. As individuals we are able to strengthen these ideas through things such as participating in charity works that are being held and giving a helping hand to those around us but a key form of difference we are able to make is mainly by educating those around us about the social justice issues that surround us daily.
When others didn't accept, receive, or help those in need, Saint Teresa did. I admire her greatly for her acts of selflessness, humility, and charity. Additionally, what I find most interesting about Saint Teresa's life is how Jesus called her to serve on September 10, 1946, during a train ride for her annual retreat. On that day, Jesus revealed His pain at the human neglect of the poor, His sorrow at their ignorance of Him, and His yearning desire for their love. Jesus himself asked Saint Teresa to establish a religious community dedicated to the service of the poor.
In the Dominican Republic, there is a great need for education, and financial support for poor families. Providing the people with a good education, and teaching a trade to the head of the household could help to solve these needs drastically. Not only this, but the service project could be used to be a good witness for Christ to these people. A service project to the Dominican Republic could not only solve the lack of education, and help impoverished families for a short time, it could provide a long-term solution, and benefit this nation greatly.
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Thus my passion for helping others stems from a tender age of five. From that age, I always exercised helping people by sharing my snack to those in need. That need grew rapid throughout my days of Primary and Secondary school where I haven’t only shared my snack, but I also bought snacks for those in need, assisted disable kids to write, open their snack or to use the washroom facility. My nickname then was Mother Theresa. I also became a peer counselor in high school to assist those that were hurting, abused or neglected. Not only to provide them with a listening ear, but to encourage and motivate them. To help them realize that their current situation is not their final destination and they are the ones that can control what lies ahead of them. Putting a smile on other people’s faces brought me tremendous joy. As a result, I still have that dying need to assist others out there. To show them that there is still hope in humanity, still, hope for a vigorous life and to help them reach their maximum potential in
Have you ever had to choose between living a life of luxury and plenty or choose one that contained hardship and want, but you were able to help the poor? Mother Teresa, in the book Something Beautiful for God, written by Malcum Muggeridge, had to face this same issue. Everyone believes that Mother Teresa helped the poor, but some believe that Mother Teresa should have helped them and some believe they should have not.
During her travels from Calcutta to the Loreto convent for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa experienced what she described afterward as, “the call within the call” (Mother Teresa, 1946). She stated during this time, "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order. To fail would have been to break the faith” (“Mother Teresa,” n.d.). This time period is described as the time when she was not only Saint Teresa but when she became Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta because
Evidence from her residence in the Indian village of Calcutta reveals that she sympathized with the poor and the vulnerable people in the society. Although she had conducted other voluntary missions before, the love for human beings was revealed when she decided to live among the poor people in the village of Calcutta. Her compassionate nature was largely derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ. For example, one of the many articles on Mother Teresa observed that Mother Teresa was on several occasions heard quoting the teachings of Jesus Christ. One of the quotes that she referred to was “Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me” (Emilie 3). The foregoing reveals that she was ready to treat vulnerable human beings in a manner that upheld their