Today, the Church celebrates the optional memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta. She was an embodiment of the three words: Humility , Holiness ...
Today, the Church celebrates the optional memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta. She was an embodiment of the three words: Humility, Holiness, and Humanity. The Gospel reading speaks of new wine and new wineskins. Jesus came not to patch up old ways, but to bring a new way of living, a new life in the Spirit. This new life is characterized by a deep and genuine humility, something St. Teresa exemplified so well. She didn't seek fame or glory, but chose to serve the "poorest of the poor," seeing Christ in each person she ministered to. Her humility was a fertile ground for God's grace to work through her.
St. Teresa's life was also a profound witness to holiness. In the first reading from Colossians, we are reminded that "in him all things were created... all things were created through him and for him." Christ is the very image of God, and our holiness is found in being conformed to his image. For St. Teresa, this meant living a life of radical poverty, prayer, and service. She found her holiness not in grand gestures but in the small, ordinary tasks of caring for the sick and the dying with extraordinary love. Her life is a powerful testament that holiness is not reserved for a select few, but is a vocation for every Christian, lived out in our own unique circumstances.
Finally, St. Teresa's ministry was a powerful expression of humanity. She saw the dignity of every person, regardless of their condition. She brought comfort and compassion to the most marginalized, touching their wounds and showing them that they were loved. Her work reminds us that our faith must be lived out in concrete ways, by reaching out to our fellow human beings and showing them the face of Christ. The new wine of the Gospel, as Jesus suggests, must be poured into new wineskins—our renewed hearts—so that we can become agents of God's love and mercy in the world.
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