Mother teresa was born on
August 27,1910 in skopje, macedonia . mother teresa's original name was Agnes
Gonxha Bojaxhiu. At the age of 12 , she decided that she wanted to be a
missionary and spread the love of christ. mother teresa came to india on 6
january 1929.she is gentle loving hope caring joy ful leader children 1910 -1991
missionaries of charity peace humanitarian advocate spirital goodness healer
giving faith respectful. mother teresa describe words loving .
Mother teresa was an indian nun that went around collecting the poor,sick
orphand and dying. she built hospitals where ever she could and sent most of her
life helping people in need. she is very heartfull person in the world.
Mother teresa a catholic nun who entered the sisters of loretto in Ireland to
become a teaching unu, was sent to india to teach. later moved with compassion,
and the love of god, she received a ' call ' form god to help the poorest of the
poor. the rest of her life was spent in Darkness which idiscuss below .modern
people ,and most people who call themselves christians, think that going to
church on sunday, saying some things and being nice to people is what it is all
about. they are completely missing the mark those kind of things are just the
tip of the Iceberg. Mother teresa hepled others by loving god above all things,
putiing him first in her life, and doing his will no matter how painful it was
for her, and it wad very personal knowledge of god.
Mother teresa's words are - By blodd, iam albanian. by citizenship , an Indian.
by faith , iam a catholic nun. as to my calling, i belong to the world. As to my
heart. i belong entirly to the heart of jesus. ' small of stature,rocklike in
faith.she was a soul filled with the light of christ, on fire with love for him
and buming with one desire. to quench his thirst for love and for souls.
Jesus revealed to her the desire of his heart for victims of love who would
radiate his love on souls. come be my light, he beged her. I cannot go alone. he
revealed his pain at the neglect of the poor.
she dressed for the first time in a white, blue bordered sari and passed through
the gates of her beloved loreto convent to enter the world of the poor.
She started an open air school for homeless children . soon she was joined by
voluntary heplers. and she also started Missionaries of charity . the primary
task of the missionaries of chariy was to take care of those persons who nobody
was pre[ared to look after.
she visited families , washed the sores of some children , cared for an old man
lying sick on the road and nursed a woman dying of hunger and TB. she started
each day in communion with jesus in the Eucharist and then went out, rosary in
her hand. to find and serve him in the unwanted, the unloved,the uncared for..
after some months, she was joined , one by one , by her former students. Mother
teresa began to send her sisters to other parts of india. Mother teresa opened
houses in almost all of the communist countries, including the former soviet
union, albania and cuba.
the physical and spiritual needs of the poor. mother teresa founded the
missionaries of charity brothers in 1963, in 1976 the contemplative branch of
the sisters. she formed the co workers of mother teresa and the sick and
suffering co workers , people of may faiths and nationalities with whom she
shared her spirit of prayer, simplicity, sactifice and her apostolate of humble
works of love. this spirit later inspired the lay missionaries of charity.
Mother teresa received number of awards and distinctions numerous awards,
begining with the indian padmashri award in 1962 and notably the nobel peace
prize in 1979, honoured he work , while an increasingly interested media began
to follow her activities. she received both prizes and attention "for the glory
of god and in the name of the poor", these include the pop john xxii peace prize
,nehru prize for promotion of international peace & understanding , balzan prize
,nobel peace prize and Bharat ratna (1980).
the whole of Mother teresa's life and labour bore witness to the joy of loving,
the greatness and dignity of every human person , the value of littile thing
done faithfully and with love, and the surpassing worth of friendship with god.
on march 13, 1997, Mother teresa stepped down from the head of missionaries of
charity. on 5 september mother teresa earthly life came to an end . she died on
september 5, 1997, just 9 days after her 87 th birthday . she was given the
honour of a state funeral by the government of india and her body was buried in
the mother house of the missionaries of charity. her tomb quickly became a place
of pilgrimage and prayer for people of all faiths , rich and poor alike. mother
teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary
charity. her response to jesus plea come be my light , made her a missionary of
charity invincible hope .jesus give me your love. lovely,loveble person mother
is mother teresa . thanking you