MOTHER TERESA
Nobel Lecture 2024 Mother Teresa( 1910-1997)joined the Roman Catholic church as a nun at a very early age. she came to India when she was eighteen .she spent many years in Calcutta. she began to work as a religious teacher and later founded The missionaries of charity . she devoted her entire life helping the poor and the needy . she was awachrded the Nobel prize in 1997.
Mother Teresa imparts a massage of love. she insists that the happiness of humanity depends on universal love . she puts great emphasis on a smile , for as she says , smile is the beginning of love.
As we have gathered here together to thank God for the Nobel peace prize I think it will be beautiful that we party the prayer of St . Francis of Assisi which always surprises me very much – we pray this prayer every day after Holy communion , because it is very fitting for each one of us , and I always wonder that 4-500 years ago as St Francis of Assisi composed this prayer that fits very nicely for us also. I Think some of you already have got it – so we will pray together .
Let us thank God for the opportunity that we all have together today , for this gift of peace that reminds us that we have been created to live that peace , and Jesus became man to bring that good news to the poor . He being God became man in all things like us except sin , and he proclaimed very clearly that he had come to give the good news. The news was peace to all of good will and this is something that we all want – the peace of heart – and God loved the world so much that he gave his son – it was giving – it is as if to say it hurt God to give , because he loved the world so much that he give his son , and he gave him to Virgin Mary , and what did she do with him ?
As soon as he came in her life – immediately she went in haste to give that good news , and as she came into the house her cousin , the unborn child in the womb of Elizabeth leapt with joy .that little unborn child was the first messenger of peace He recognised the prince peace , he recognised that Christ has come to bring the good news for you and for me .And as if that was not enough -he died on the cross to show that greater love ,and he died for you and for me and for that leper and for that man dying of hunger and that naked person lying in the street not only Calcutta, of Africa , and New York ,and London and Oslo -and insisted that we love one another as he love each one of us . And we read that in the Gospel very clearly-love as I have loved you as I love you -as the father has loved me, I love you – and the harder the father loved him
links
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mother-Teresa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
