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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Theresa of Calcutta
DESCRIPTION:GENEROSITY \nFrom the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa \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 for \nhim 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 family \nof eight children\, had not eaten anything for days. They had nothing to eat. I took \nenough rice for a meal and went to their house. I could see the hungry faces\, the \nchildren with their bulging eyes. The sight could not have been more dramatic! \nThe mother took the rice from my hands\, divided it in half and went out. When \nshe came back a little later\, I asked her: “Where did you go? What did you do?” \nShe answered\, “They also are hungry.” “They” were the people next door\, a Muslim \nfamily with the same number of children to feed and who did not have any food \neither. That mother was aware of the situation. She had the courage and the love \nto share her meager portion of rice with others. In spite of her circumstances\, I \nthink she felt very happy to share with her neighbors the little I had taken her. In \norder not to take away her happiness\, I did not take her anymore rice that night. I \ntook 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 do \nnot give your leftovers. Give until it hurts\, until you feel the pain. Open your hearts \nto the love God instills in them. God loves you tenderly. What he gives you is not \nto be kept under lock and key\, but to be shared. The more you save\, the less you \nwill be able to give. The less you have\, the more you will know how to share. Let \nus ask God\, when it comes time to ask him for something\, to help us to be generous. \nIt was late in the day (around ten at night) when the doorbell rang. I opened \nthe door and found a man shivering from the cold. “Mother Teresa\, I heard that \nyou just received an important prize. When I heard this I decided to offer you \nsomething too. Here you have it: this is what I collected today.” It was little\, but \nin his case it was everything. I was moved more than by the Nobel prize. \nOne day a young couple came to our house and asked for me. They gave me \na large amount of money. I asked them\, “Where did you get so much money?” \nThey answered\, “We got married two days ago. Before we got married we had \ndecided not to celebrate the wedding\, not to buy wedding clothes\, not to have a \nreception or a honeymoon. We wanted to give you the money I saved.” I know \nwhat such a decision meant\, especially for a Hindu family. That is why I asked \nthem\, “But how did you think of such a thing?” “We love each other so much\,” they \nanswered\, “that we wanted to share the joy of our love with those you 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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