{"id":26419,"date":"2011-05-01T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/05\/divine-mercy-gods-love-gods-pr\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T18:40:16","slug":"divine-mercy-gods-love-gods-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/05\/divine-mercy-gods-love-gods-pr\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Mercy: God’s love, God’s presence, God’s compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When John Paul beatified Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003, he said of her, in part:<\/i><\/div>\n
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\"Blessed<\/a>“As you did to one of the least of these my brethren,
\nyou did it to me” (Mt 25: 40). This Gospel passage, so crucial in
\nunderstanding Mother Teresa’s service to the poor, was the basis of her
\nfaith-filled conviction that in touching the broken bodies of the poor she was
\ntouching the body of Christ. It was to Jesus himself, hidden under the
\ndistressing disguise of the poorest of the poor, that her service was directed.
\nMother Teresa highlights the deepest meaning of service – an act of love done
\nto the hungry, thirsty, strangers, naked, sick, prisoners (cf. Mt 25: 34-36)
\nis done to Jesus himself<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Recognizing him, she ministered to him with
\nwholehearted devotion, expressing the delicacy of her spousal love. Thus, in
\ntotal gift of herself to God and neighbor, Mother Teresa found her greatest
\nfulfillment and lived the noblest qualities of her femininity. She wanted to be
\na sign of “God’s love, God’s presence and God’s compassion<\/b>,” and so remind all
\nof the value and dignity of each of God’s children, “created to love and be
\nloved.” Thus was Mother Teresa “bringing souls to God and God to souls” and
\nsatiating Christ’s thirst, especially for those most in need, those whose
\nvision of God had been dimmed by suffering and pain.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When John Paul beatified Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003, he said of her, in part: “As you did to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” (Mt 25: 40). This Gospel passage, so crucial in understanding Mother Teresa’s service to the poor, was the basis of her faith-filled conviction … Continue reading Divine Mercy: God’s love, God’s presence, God’s compassion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1709,2376,1701],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}