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beloved saint, mother teresa

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Today is the Feast day of one of the most beloved of modern saints, Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was an Albanian nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (modern Republic of Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire. After leaving Macedonia she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries. The sisters run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics’ children’s and family counseling programs; orphanages; and schools.

These past 9 days I have been immersed in a Novena prayer directed to God inviting Saint Mother Teresa to intercede for my special intentions. This practice is rooted in early Christianity, where it is believed that the Apostles prayed for nine days leading up to Pentecost.

How is a Novena Prayed?

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sing with me: Day #1

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and so it begins…

hugs n’ blessings for the feet we are called to wash.

hosanna, in the highest!

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Yesterday was Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week!

Yes, the holiest week of the year for the Catholic Church.

This week the Church commemorates Christ’s death and burial which begins with Palm Sunday. The palms symbolize peace and victory. It was custom during Jesus’ time for people to pay homage by laying palm branches – or even clothes – in front of people who were owed a great amount of respect. The Gospel of John tells of how Jesus was welcomed into the city mere days before his death: “When the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took pam branches and went out to meet him, and cried out: ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, (even) the king of Israel’” (John 12: 12-13). On Palm Sunday, the faithful receive palm branches at the beginning of Mass followed by a procession. Doing so invites us to reenact Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem. Also, the blessed palms at Mass on Sunday, should not be thrown away. According to Canon Law (1171), blessed items are to be treated with reverence. If there is a need to dispose of such items, they must be buried or burned.

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