Birthday of Mother Teresa-Angel of Mercy-Aug 26 2004

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Mother Teresa- Angel of mercy - Birthday on Aug 26th -2004==============================(August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997)

 

- Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

 

- Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.

 

- A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves. The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace. - Mother Teresa

 

From the words of Shivashankar Baba:======================

Once Mother Teresa went to a rich person and asked him to offer assistance for the poor people. He immediately spat at her hand. She accepted it gracely without any frown and said with a smile "this is enough for me, what are you giving for the poor and the needy people.". Then that person was ashamed and realized his fault and asked for forgiveness and gave a lot of money for Mother Teresa's mission.

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), Albanian-born Roman Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, and Nobel laureate. Originally named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she entered the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland at the age of 18.

 

Mother Teresa, whose original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born on August 26, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia. She always wrote her birthday as the 27th of August because that was the day of her baptism, which was always more important to her than her birth. For her work with the poor around the world she received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She served the needs of millions of neglected poor and dying people in India, exemplifying the ideal of selfless compassionate service to others.

 

She trained in Dublin and Darjeeling, before taking her religious vows in 1937. While serving as principal of a Roman Catholic high school in Calcutta, she was moved by the presence of the sick and dying on the city's streets. In 1948 she was granted permission to leave her post at the convent and begin a ministry among the sick.

 

In 1950 Mother Teresa and her associates were approved within the archdiocese of Calcutta as the Missionaries of Charity. Later the order was recognized as a pontifical congregation under the jurisdiction of Rome.

 

Members of the congregation take four vows on acceptance by the religious community. Required in addition to the three basic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience is a fourth vow pledging service to the poor, whom Mother Teresa described as the embodiment of Christ.

 

In 1952 Mother Teresa opened the Nirmal Hriday ("Pure Heart") Home for Dying Destitutes in Calcutta. Subsequently she extended her work to five continents. In recognition of her efforts she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She was forced to scale down her activities in 1990 because of declining health and she passed away on Sep 5 1997.

 

The beatification of Mother Teresa- sainthood was conferred on her after 6 years of her death. on Oct 1993 at Rome by the Pope.

 

Photo Gallery of Mother Teresa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3178720.stm

 

Mother Teresa's beatification( giving Sainthood) by the Pope:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3204362.stm

 

Photo in pictures of Mother Teresa's beatification ceremony:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3204874.stm

 

Life History of Mother Teresa:http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/India/02/sullivan/sullivan.htm

 

Words of Mother Teresahttp://www.ewtn.com/motherteresa/words.htm