Sunday, July 3, 2011

Sunday Blessings - I Thirst


In  March I  had  the  privilege to  visiting  
the  Mother  Teresa Home  in  our  city. I  have  been  there  before and this  time  I had my
nephew Ashish and  his  friend  Megan  with  me.

In Mother Teresa  Homes  all over  the  world
the  chapel altar is  adorned  by  the 
words  of  Jesus, "I  thirst".
Mary Poplin in her book Finding  Calcutta writes,
"to me, the letters (Mother  Teresa 's)
matched  the  fathomless otherworldly  longing
always present in her  eyes even when she was smiling.
When I was there,  I felt the thing most revealed
the secret behind that look was the
phrase emblazoned on the wall  next to the  crucifix
in everyone of her order 's chapels world-wide.
I thirst.  Jesus was  thirsting for  the  souls  of the poorest of the  poor. Mother  was thirsting for more  of him."

What  a heart-stopping  thought.
Am I thirsty for  Jesus?
Do I long to bring people  to  the Master 's feet.
What  am I  doing to quench
the Lord 's  thirst?

The courtyard



I love this  beautiful sheltering  tree
in  the  courtyard.
So symbolic of the shelter and shade
needy and abandoned children receive
in this house.


People are  generally  not  allowed  to
take photos inside the  house.
But I personally   know the 
sister in-charge. She  has come
to my church for children 's
programs, so she graciously
permitted me to take a few  snaps.
We could not photograph the children
so I  took  photos of their posters on the wall.
We had  taken some cookies  and candy  for  the  children
Sister told us  there were about  150 children housed
in this facility. The older  ones  were away at  school.
But  we saw the babies  and  tiny tots many of them  very  ill  and  disabled being taken care of.
My heart was  filled  with reverence  and wonder
at the compassion and service  of this
 hallowed  house.

Mother 's  Memorial

Ashish and Megan


The entrance of the  Home.

This  is the  St Peter 's Church
(Protestant)
We  have  many relatives  and  friends  here.

Have  a  lovely  week  everybody.
I want to wish my American friends 
a very Happy  4th of July

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