Now heaven is full of slum people. Jesus must be very happy to have those thousands coming to Him, with love from Calcutta---Please pray for me that I be only all for Jesus through Mary.---Mother Teresa, from "Come Be My Light"
God's desire for the souls of men is relentless. Jesus, Who is the second Person in the Trinity, Who is God from God, Light from Light, Who is the Word by which all things are made, took on flesh through the Virgin Mary. We could meditate on this alone for eternity and never truly understand its depth. She was chosen long before that moment Gabriel appeared to her. She was "full of grace" from her conception, long before Gabriel said, "Hail, Full of Grace!" We must see and try to grasp as much as we can of this Truth. It had never happened before and it will never happen again! All for your soul and mine, He left His Father's side to come here to walk this earth, feel hunger, thirst, weariness, temptation... He came to suffer, die, and rise again. He comes gently, with simple humility. Satan, in his pride, tempted the woman and she grasped, and then Adam grasped with her. Jesus comes to us through a woman who says "fiat", "let it be done unto me according to Your will", she did not grasp. And Paul tells us that Jesus did not grasp, instead, He emptied Himself. We must bring this message to those around us, we must make sure we have done all we can to help those we meet know this incredible news. Mother Teresa did this, and she teaches us still to see Him in the lonely. Lord, have mercy on us!
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