![]() Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s loving compassion brought a heartfelt "thank you" to the parched lips of a dying woman. ![]() It is in this sacrament that the Son recalls the Father’s total and complete love for Him - and it is that love which we, His brothers and sisters, are privileged to share. Jesus Christ’s words of thanks are at the very heart of the Eucharist. His suffering becomes our suffering His offering becomes our offering His thanksgiving becomes our thanksgiving His Resurrection becomes our life. Each time we gather around the altar, we meet the risen Jesus Christ, but in the body that was broken for us. Mother Teresa’s encounter provides us with a simple insight into that great mystery which is the Holy Eucharist. Recounting this story many years later, Blessed Teresa said that what impressed her the most in that meeting was its similarity with the Mass in which she had just participated that same morning: "Once more, I encountered the mystery of the Eucharist in that woman’s simple words of thanks." And she added that she herself was filled with a tremendous gratitude for meeting Jesus in that woman and for being able to share His love that day. The old Hindu woman looked up and uttered only two words: "Thank you," she whispered, and then she died. All she could do was simply hold the frail body in her arms. ![]() Blessed Teresa recognized that death was only moments away. ![]() The old woman, her body seriously diseased, lay by the roadside, hungry and alone. ![]() She was the first person Mother Teresa came upon when she began her now famous ministry among the dying of Calcutta. Dear Sisters, consecrated to Jesus Christ and His Church, ![]()
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