Sr Prema thanks Pope Francis for choosing Mother
Teresa as an ‘icon of mercy’
"We
are grateful to God and to Pope Francis, who proclaimed the Year of mercy and
chose Mother Teresa as an 'icon of mercy'. Mother Teresa’s canonization is an
opportunity to spread the message of the Gospel and God’s mercy: we hope that
the grace of mercy reaches every human being, especially the poorest and most
desperate": says says Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior general of the
Missionaries of Charity, on the eve of the celebration to be held on September
4 at the Vatican, where Mother Teresa will be proclaimed a saint.
The
Superior, a 63-year-old German religious, speaking to Agenzia Fides notes
that "the message and work of Mother Teresa is fully present and will
exist until there is a suffering humanity, humiliated, outcast in the
world". Her work today "continues thanks to the Missionaries of
Charity, the Brothers of Charity (priests) but also to all men and women of
good will who continue to serve the poor, the marginalized, the dying, becoming
tools in the hands of God and his mercy".
The
life of the Sisters is "a life of prayer and service to those in need, in
the knowledge that in them Christ is present in our midst". "Mother
Teresa - she concludes - acknowledged Christ in the poor and for this reason
the poor are central to her mission. Mercy was for her a way of life, made of
love, kindness, forgiveness, compassion toward all".
According
to data provided by Sister Prema, there are 5,160 Missionaries of Charity in
the world today, present in 139 countries with a total of 758 between homes and
institutions. Whereas 397 priests of the "Brothers of Charity", work
in 69 houses, scattered in 21 countries around the world.
Source:
Fides News Agency
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