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Theology of the Heart: Teachings of the Saints |
The
World is Hungry for Love
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The world today is hungry
not only for bread but hungry for love; hungry to be wanted, to be
loved. They’re hungry to feel that presence of Christ. In many
countries, people have everything except that presence, that
understanding. That’s why the life of prayer and sacrifice comes to give
that love. Through your dedication, you are to be that presence, that
bread of God to break. People are hungry for the Word of God that will
give peace, that will give unity, that will give joy. But you cannot
give what you don’t have. That’s why it is necessary to deepen your life
of prayer. Allow Jesus to take you, pray with you and through you…We are
called to love the world. And God loved the world so much that he gave
Jesus. Today he loves the world so much that he gives you and he gives
me to be his love, his compassion, and that presence, that life of
prayer, of sacrifice, of surrender to God…We have a contemplative house
in the South Bronx. A taxi driver refused to take me there. The Sisters
did not know I was coming so I had to take a taxi – but he refused to
take me there. I said, “But we are living there; our young Sisters are
living there.” He said no. I said, “All right, I will sit near you and
you will see that nothing will happen to either you or me.” So I got in
the taxi and we went. His mouth was open when he saw the young Sisters
jumping and laughing, and the people bowing, those who recognized me
speaking to me (they were drunk), taking off their hats, and so on. He
couldn’t get over it, seeing that presence. This is something very
beautiful.
- From Jesus, The Word to
be Spoken.
This page is the work of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and
Mary
