Free sample essay on The Angel of Mercy, Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa, who died some years ago, in Kolkata, was called the Angel of Mercy. Yes, she was an angel sent by God from heaven. She was not satisfied with just teaching the students in her school.
Mother Teresa, who died some years ago, in Kolkata, was called the Angel of Mercy. Yes, she was an angel sent by God from heaven. She was not satisfied with just teaching the students in her school. She wanted to do something significant for the poor. She came to Kolkata and stayed in a hut bathing the slum children and teaching them cleanliness. The neighboring slum-dwellers wondered who this white-skinned lady was. She was from Albania of Yugoslavia. At the age of eighteen she went to Ireland and became a nun. She joined the Loreto Missionary. Later she sailed to India to serve as a teacher in the schools of the Missionary. When she was aboard a train to Darjeeling in India the call of God inspired her to dedicate herself for the service of the poor and the lowly.
In 1950 Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity. She opened her first Home of Charity, called Nirmal Hriday in 1955. People did not like a Christian doing social service in their midst. But she was not dissuaded from continuing her social service. Over a period of some decades Mother Teresa opened centres of social service one after another and they numbered one hundred and sixty. These included the homes for the dying destitute, charitable dispensaries and homes for the leprosy patients, homes for the orphaned children etc. She often said that the main defect in the human beings was the lack of compassion in them.
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Mother Teresa was a true devotee of Lord Jesus Christ and His true servant. A priest dying on her lap said, ‘I see Goddess Kali in you. I die on the lap of a Goddess.’ What greater tribute can there be to her than these highly moving words! She was compassion personified.
Mother Teresa was the recipient of many national and international awards. She was honored with the Magsaysay award, the Nehru award for international understanding, the Nobel Peace Prize and the Bharat Ratna, which means the crowning jewel of India. No, she was the crowning jewel of the whole world.
She was Goddess in the human form. Remembering Mother Teresa we are sanctified.
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Her thoughts were centered on the lowliest of the lowly and never for a moment did she rest without doing something noble for the suffering millions all over the world. Whenever a calamity struck a part of the globe making people suffer she would be there with financial assistance and her very presence was a source of solace to them. She was an embodiment of unselfishness. It could be said that she was the personification of Jesus Christ. It is given to one in a million to serve the poor and the lowly. The most revered Mother Teresa did service to God by serving his children. When she died dignitaries and representatives of various Governments took part in her funeral service. Mother Teresa was indeed a divine mother to the suffering millions of India. She chose India as her centre of activity and from India she did worldwide service. It may be said that the two great personalities who have left a deep impact on this century were Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi.