 What will convert
America and save the world?”
“My
answer is prayer. What we need is for every Parish to come before Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer.”
~Mother Teresa of
Calcutta
Quotes from
Mother Teresa:
- “Perpetual
adoration with exposition needs a great push.”
- “Jesus has made
Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really
want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.”
- “Our lives must
be woven around the Eucharist...fix your eyes on Him Who is the light; bring your hearts
close to His Divine Heart; ask Him to grant you the grace of knowing Him, the love of
loving Him, the courage to serve Him. Seek Him fervently.”
- “Through Mary
the cause of our joy you discover that no where on earth are you more welcomed, no where
on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present in the Most Blessed
Sacrament... He is really there in Person waiting just for you.”
- “We cannot
separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People
ask, ‘Where do the sisters get the joy and energy to do what they are
doing?’ The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves
satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, ‘ Come to Me.’ He is hungry for
souls.”
- “It was not
until 1973, when we began our daily Holy Hour that our community started to grow and
blossom... In our congregation, we used to have adoration once a week for one hour, and
then in 1973, we decided to have adoration one hour every day. We have much work to
do. Our homes for the sick and dying destitute are full everywhere. And from
the time we started having adoration every day, our love for Jesus became more intimate,
our love for each other more understanding, our love for the poor more compassionate, and
we have double the number of vocations. God has blessed us with many wonderful
vocations. The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious
part of the whole day.”
- “Our hours of
adoration will be special hours of reparation for sins, and intercession for the needs of
the whole world, exposing the sin-sick and suffering humanity to the healing, sustaining
and transforming rays of Jesus, radiating from the Eucharist.”
- “Our holy hour
is our daily family prayer where we get together and pray the Rosary before the exposed
Blessed Sacrament, the first half hour, and the second half hour we pray in silence.”
When people asked Mother Teresa how many convents she had she responded:
- “We have
584 tabernacles.”
- “When you look
at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host
you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why you should ask your parish priest
to have Perpetual Adoration in your parish. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts
of all parish priests that they may have Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in their
parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world.”
- “The time you
spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth.
Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul
everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting
peace on earth.”
Prayers of Mother Teresa:
“O God,
we believe You are here. We adore You and love You with our whole heart and soul
because You are most worthy of all our love. We desire to love You as the Blessed do in
Heaven... Flood our souls with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess our whole being
utterly, that our lives may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through us, and be so
in us, that every soul we come in contact with may feel Your presence in our soul.
Let them look up and see no longer us, but only Jesus!”
The fruit of
silence is PRAYER
The fruit of prayer is FAITH
The fruit of faith is LOVE
The fruit of love is SERVICE
The fruit of service is PEACE
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