Chapter Six – “To the Dark Holes”
“The Dream Realized”
Archbishop Perier wrote to Mother Teresa, “Dear Teresa,
“… Pray much and live intimately with Our Lord J.C. Jesus Christ asking for light, strength, decision; but do not anticipate HIS WORK. Try not to put anything of your own in all this. You are His instrument, nothing more.” [p.112]
On August 17, 1948 clad in a white sari with a blue border Mother Teresa – a European nun alone in newly independent India – set out to begin life as a Missionary of Charity … her wealth lay in her heart: unshakable faith in God and absolute confidence in the promise He made to her two years earlier: ‘Do not fear – I shall be with you always … Trust Me lovingly – trust Me blindly.’” [pp. 121-122]
Reflection:
St. Francis de Sales advised, “Ask for nothing, refuse nothing, but leave ourselves in the arms of divine Providence, without busying ourselves with any desires, except to will what God wills of us.” de Sales’ advice is fundamental to anyone who wants to do God’s Will faithfully and fully. Simply put, “Ask for nothing, refuse nothing.”
St. Joseph pray for us.
St. Andre Bessette intercede for us.
St. Francis de Sales pray for us.
“Tune my spirit to the music of heaven.” St. Brendan the Navigator
May God Be Praised.
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