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MariaChristi
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In another thread on this Forum, I posted an artist’s conception of a vision revealed by Mother Teresa to Fr. Langford MC:
http://www.mcpriests.com/03spirituality/images/christ_mother.jpg
What is so significant to me, first, is that Mother Teresa told Fr. Langford she saw herself as a child 9 or 10 years old. It made me think right away of Jesus’ words, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become as children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt. 18:3). As I ponder His words, I am especially struck by the words “Truly, I say to you” (indicating importance of what follows) “unless you turn and become” (indicating the need for ongoing conversion) and the most startling of all to me – the word “never”(indicating a terrible alternative is possible!).
Secondly and this is closely related to the fact Mother Teresa saw herself as a child, Our Lady’s left hand is on the child’s left shoulder and Our Lady’s right hand seems to raise the child’s right arm toward Jesus. There is much more I’ve been pondering about this presence of Our Lady and on the poor who seem to have their hands outstretched, as well as other parts of the vision Mother described to Fr. Langford on the darkness and light in the vision.
Mother Theresa after having confided this to Father, told him that some day he would need to tell others. He decided to write a book to share this vision and Mother’s relationship with Our Lady which I just finished reading, and am continuing to ponder. Considering the darkness of our world and the Light we are called to bring into the world (Mt 5: 14 - 16), I’m grateful Father decided to “tell others” in his book, “Mother Teresa: In the Shadow of Our Lady,” published by Our Sunday Visitor near the 10th Anniversary of Mother Teresa’s passing and before his own death in 2010.
I’m continuing to ponder this vision of Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta and invite you to do the same. I remember when she came to NYC she said something to the effect that the poverty she found here in the USA seemed worse than that of India. She said it is easier to give a hungry person a piece of bread to satisfy hunger, but when one is hungry for love it can be harder – not an exact quote but as I remember her comment.
If you didn’t read my other post, you can read the interview with Fr. Langford and learn more about his book HERE
In another thread on this Forum, I posted an artist’s conception of a vision revealed by Mother Teresa to Fr. Langford MC:
http://www.mcpriests.com/03spirituality/images/christ_mother.jpg
What is so significant to me, first, is that Mother Teresa told Fr. Langford she saw herself as a child 9 or 10 years old. It made me think right away of Jesus’ words, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become as children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt. 18:3). As I ponder His words, I am especially struck by the words “Truly, I say to you” (indicating importance of what follows) “unless you turn and become” (indicating the need for ongoing conversion) and the most startling of all to me – the word “never”(indicating a terrible alternative is possible!).
Secondly and this is closely related to the fact Mother Teresa saw herself as a child, Our Lady’s left hand is on the child’s left shoulder and Our Lady’s right hand seems to raise the child’s right arm toward Jesus. There is much more I’ve been pondering about this presence of Our Lady and on the poor who seem to have their hands outstretched, as well as other parts of the vision Mother described to Fr. Langford on the darkness and light in the vision.
Mother Theresa after having confided this to Father, told him that some day he would need to tell others. He decided to write a book to share this vision and Mother’s relationship with Our Lady which I just finished reading, and am continuing to ponder. Considering the darkness of our world and the Light we are called to bring into the world (Mt 5: 14 - 16), I’m grateful Father decided to “tell others” in his book, “Mother Teresa: In the Shadow of Our Lady,” published by Our Sunday Visitor near the 10th Anniversary of Mother Teresa’s passing and before his own death in 2010.
I’m continuing to ponder this vision of Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta and invite you to do the same. I remember when she came to NYC she said something to the effect that the poverty she found here in the USA seemed worse than that of India. She said it is easier to give a hungry person a piece of bread to satisfy hunger, but when one is hungry for love it can be harder – not an exact quote but as I remember her comment.
If you didn’t read my other post, you can read the interview with Fr. Langford and learn more about his book HERE
