04/09/2026
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Today, we remember Saint Teresa of Calcutta, a woman whose life became a beautiful witness to Godโs love through humble service to the poorest and most forgotten.
Known around the world as Mother Teresa, she did not simply speak about love and compassionโshe lived them. She left behind the comfort and security of the convent to follow Christ into the slums, where she saw His presence in the sick, the hungry, the abandoned, and the dying.
Her life reminds us that holiness is not always found in great achievements. Sometimes, it is found in the smallest acts of love, offered with a sincere heart.
As we celebrate her feast day, may her example inspire us to see Christ in every person we meet, especially those who are suffering and in need. โค๏ธ๐
โIf you canโt feed a hundred people, then feed just one.โ
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๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐, the tiny woman recognized throughout the world for her work among the poorest of the poor, was beatified October 19, 2003. Among those present were hundreds of Missionaries of Charity, the order she founded in 1950, as a diocesan religious community. Today the congregation also includes contemplative sisters and brothers, and an order of priests.
Born to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje, Macedonia, Gonxha (Agnes) Bojaxhiu was the youngest of the three children who survived. For a time, the family lived comfortably, and her fatherโs construction business thrived. But life changed overnight following his unexpected death.
During her years in public school, Agnes participated in a Catholic sodality and showed a strong interest in the foreign missions. At age 18, she entered the Loreto Sisters of Dublin. It was 1928 when she said goodbye to her mother for the final time and made her way to a new land and a new life. The following year she was sent to the Loreto novitiate in Darjeeling, India.
There she chose the name Teresa and prepared for a life of service. She was assigned to a high school for girls in Calcutta, where she taught history and geography to the daughters of the wealthy. But she could not escape the realities around herโthe poverty, the suffering, the overwhelming numbers of destitute people.
In 1946, while riding a train to Darjeeling to make a retreat, Sister Teresa heard what she later explained as โa call within a call. The message was clear. I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them.โ She also heard a call to give up her life with the Sisters of Loreto and instead, to โfollow Christ into the slums to serve him among the poorest of the poor.โ
Source:
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-teresa-of-calcutta/
