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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Teresa of Calcutta
DESCRIPTION:GENEROSITY \nFrom the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa1 \n◊◊◊ \nWithout a spirit of sacrifice\, without a life of prayer\, without an intimate \nattitude of penance\, we would not be capable of carrying our work. We feed \nourselves\, not to please our senses\, but to show our Lord that we want to work \nfor him and with him\, to live a life of sacrifice and reparation… \nOne night\, a man came to our house to tell me that a Hindu family\, a \nfamily of eight children\, had not eaten anything for days. They had nothing to \neat. I took enough rice for a meal and went to their house. I could see the hungry \nfaces\, the children with their bulging eyes. The sight could not have been more \ndramatic! The mother took the rice from my hands\, divided it in half and went \nout. When she came back a little later\, I asked her: “Where did you go? What \ndid you do?” She answered\, “They also are hungry.” “They” were the people next \ndoor\, a Muslim family with the same number of children to feed and who did \nnot have any food either. That mother was aware of the situation. She had the \ncourage and the love to share her meager portion of rice with others. In spite of \nher circumstances\, I think she felt very happy to share with her neighbors the \nlittle I had taken her. In order not to take away her happiness\, I did not take her \nanymore rice that night. I took her some more the following day. \n“What is a Christian?” someone asked a Hindu man. He responded\, “The \nChristian is someone who gives.” I ask you one thing: do not tire of giving\, but \ndo not give your leftovers. Give until it hurts\, until you feel the pain. Open your \nhearts to the love God instills in them. God loves you tenderly. What he gives \nyou is not to be kept under lock and key\, but to be shared. The more you save\, \nthe less you will be able to give. The less you have\, the more you will know how11 \nto share. Let us ask God\, when it comes time to ask him for something\, to help \nus to be generous. \nIt was late in the day (around ten at night) when the doorbell rang. I \nopened the door and found a man shivering from the cold. “Mother Teresa\, I \nheard that you just received an important prize. When I heard this I decided to \noffer you something too. Here you have it: this is what I collected today.” It was \nlittle\, but in his case it was everything. I was moved more than by the Nobel \nprize. \nOne day a young couple came to our house and asked for me. They gave \nme a large amount of money. I asked them\, “Where did you get so much \nmoney?” They answered\, “We got married two days ago. Before we got married \nwe had decided not to celebrate the wedding\, not to buy wedding clothes\, not to \nhave a reception or a honeymoon. We wanted to give you the money I saved.” I \nknow what such a decision meant\, especially for a Hindu family. That is why I \nasked them\, “But how did you think of such a thing?” “We love each other so \nmuch\,” they answered\, “that we wanted to share the joy of our love with those \nyou serve.” \nTo share: what a beautiful thing! We should learn how to give. If we worry \ntoo much about ourselves\, we won’t have time for others.
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