Mother Teresa The Icon of Real Mother By Liyakat Shah
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Mother Teresa was born on 26th August 1910 in Skopje, a capital Republic of Macedonia. Since her childhood people began her calling nun as she was rendering service towards poor and ill people. Later on at the age of 18 she was granted the permission to join a group of nuns in Ireland. While staying in between the nuns she received a lot of training and experience, and later on in 1931 she was given the permission to travel to India under the name as St Therese of Lisieux the patron Saint of missionaries. On her arrival in India she began working as a teacher in St. Marry school in Calcutta, but the widespread poverty sufferings and illness of people in Calcutta kept posing some serious questions to her mind. So this led to start a new chapter in mankind to form an organisation "The Missionaries of Charity". The sole motive and objective of it was to look after those people whom people do not look or neglect. Mother Teresa had an impact of teachings of fundamental principles of Prophet Jesus i.e. Isa Peace and Blessing Upon Him. Mother Teresa said that “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.” Mother Teresa had chosen to wear a simple attire, she wore simple white Indian Sari with a outside blue border as a mark of respect towards Indian culture. Her sari was a symbolic with two colours which had meanings the three blue bands was associated with Mother Marry Peace And Blessings Upon Her and White was associated with peace, truth and purity. Mother Teresa had to survive and work for the cause of sufferings of the people she and her fellow nuns did not have much to survive their financial conditions was not up to the mark, so they very often came on roads to beg for the funds for the cause of the poor people. Later on their move for rendering free service was appreciated by the people, local leaders and also some politicians. Later on her tireless work towards the poor people and humanity began to expand to many countries. In 2013 there were 700 plus missionaries working actively in over 130 countries. People with below poverty line, orphanage, leposary patients, any with many other illness were of various faiths and religion who became the part of this missionary. Mother Teresa was of Catholic by faith and was against any caste discrimination, divorce, abortion and many other social crimes. Her famous quote towards people was “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace.” She didn’t attend the ceremonial banquet but asked that the $192,000 fund be given to the poor. And said that
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
When she was asked how to promote world peace, she replied, “Go home and love your family”.
Over the last two decades of her life, Mother Teresa suffered various health problems, but nothing could dissuade her from fulfilling her mission of serving the poor and needy In Calcutta, Mother Teresa began an Open Air school and established a home for the destitute. She persuaded the local city government to donate a dilapidated building she could use. Over the next two decades, she established a leper colony, an orphanage, a nursing home, a family clinic and a string of mobile health clinics
In 1971, she opened her first house of charity in the West in New York, US. She eventually suffered a heart attack and had a pacemaker surgically fitted to her chest. Even after this devastating condition of her health, she continued to work for another eight years.
“The hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone. “In 1985, President Ronald Reagan awarded her the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1972 she was awarded the Indian ‘Nehru Prize’ “for the promotion of international peace and understanding”.
Lastly Mother Teresa died at the age of 87, due heart failure on September 5, 1997 in Calcutta.
From,
Mr. Liyakat Shah
In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace.” She didn’t attend the ceremonial banquet but asked that the $192,000 fund be given to the poor. And said that
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
When she was asked how to promote world peace, she replied, “Go home and love your family”.
Over the last two decades of her life, Mother Teresa suffered various health problems, but nothing could dissuade her from fulfilling her mission of serving the poor and needy In Calcutta, Mother Teresa began an Open Air school and established a home for the destitute. She persuaded the local city government to donate a dilapidated building she could use. Over the next two decades, she established a leper colony, an orphanage, a nursing home, a family clinic and a string of mobile health clinics
In 1971, she opened her first house of charity in the West in New York, US. She eventually suffered a heart attack and had a pacemaker surgically fitted to her chest. Even after this devastating condition of her health, she continued to work for another eight years.
“The hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone. “In 1985, President Ronald Reagan awarded her the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1972 she was awarded the Indian ‘Nehru Prize’ “for the promotion of international peace and understanding”.
Lastly Mother Teresa died at the age of 87, due heart failure on September 5, 1997 in Calcutta.
From,
Mr. Liyakat Shah
