Kali and Mother Theresa:

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Great!!! At what is the puja commencing? Also, it just struck me

that we should all be offering our prayers and prostrations towards

the Beatification of Mother Theresa(October 19, 2003)

"“By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a

Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart,

I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus. ”Small of stature, rocklike

in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was entrusted with the mission of

proclaiming God’s thirsting love for humanity, especially for the

poorest of the poor. “God still loves the world and He sends you and

me to be His love and His compassion to the poor.” She was a soul

filled with the light of Christ, on fire with love for Him and

burning with one desire: “to quench His thirst for love and for

souls.”

excerpt taken from :

http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html

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"Sarada" <sarada_saraswati >

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Saturday, October 18, 2003 9:09 PM

Re: Kali

> Nice post. Really nice. We are celebrating Kali Puja here in the >

ashram on Friday. Jai Maa> > ,

"Reeshava Mitra" <reeshu@w...> > wrote:> > Namaste All:> > > > Maa is

the All in All in my heart. I'm proud to be a "Mama's > Boy!" For

one> > who came out of the "rat race" and tried every way to >

manipulate "Mother> > Nature," It's an incredibly blissful feeling to

be worshipping Her > instead> > of trying to conquer Her and Her

wonderous creation we are living > through.> > > > I always feel Her

love with and within me. Whether she rewrds or > censures> > me, I

know that it's for my good and to aid in my journey across > the

ocean> > of life. She is my Mother. A Mother's love can never be

matched > or> > overpowered. Shree Maa had blessed me by

instruciting me to > recite The Adya> > Stotram 2 to 3 months back

and I have been devotedly doing so > every> > morning since. I am

now to the point in my life where my day can > not begin> > unless I

recite The Song of The Foremost.(Thank you Swami ji for > such an> >

incredible translation! I am eternally grateful to you and Shree >

Maa for> > this Cosmic Blessing!)> > > > When I allow my self the

time, the simple thought of Her or > singing to Her> > brings instant

tears to my eyes. When I read of the priceless > gems written> > by

either Ramprasad or quotes of Sri Ramakrishna, my heart fills > with

the> > boundless amounts of joy that I struggle to come back to more >

naturally as> > each day passes.> > > > I can not wait for Kali Puja

this year particularly. I constantly > pray for> > Her Guidance

throughout eternity and pray to remain a most loyal > and loving> >

Devotee to Her.> > > > By the way, is there a special puja this

weekend for Maa on Friday > or will> > it be observed on Saturday?

Finally, I too, long for my first > trip to> > Dakshineshwar. One

prized jewel I recieved from my parents was > the attached> > jpeg of

Maa from the Temple. Enjoy!!! Also, I dont know if this > is very> >

common or passe, but my favorite chocolate to offer her during > pujas

is a> > Hershey's Kiss. It's packed with a big Hug and a Kiss and It

> contains her> > name twice(Her and She = Hershey's) " The perfect

Double Femiine > Chocolate> > of the Foremost!:> > > > lots of love

and Blessings,> > Ree> > > > > > -> >

"aseemananda2003" <aseemananda2003>> > To:

<>> > Saturday, October 18, 2003

5:49 PM> > Kali> > > > > > > Jai Maa,> > >> >

> Mother Kali was the only "God" I knew as a child as She was the> >

> center of our altar at home in India. I never thought it was odd >

that> > > She wore a skirt of human hands, was garlanded with human

heads, > or> > > that she stood on Shiva's chest. It was not until I

read > the "Kali> > > Puja" that I understood the symbolism asociated

with her form. > The> > > book contains Ramakrishna's favorite "Adya

Stotram," or Song of > the> > > Foremost (Kali as the Supreme

Divinity).> > >> > > I long for the day to get darshan of the Kali at

Dakineshwar, > where> > > the great mystic and saint Ramakrishna

worshipped Her.> > >> > > Jai Kali!> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > To

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