| The late Mother
Teresa wrote the following:
A Message from Mother Teresa of Calcutta
I make a holy hour each
day in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
All my sisters of the Missionaries of Charity make a daily holy
hour, as well, because we find that through our daily holy hour
our love for Jesus becomes more intimate, our love for each other
more understanding, and our love for the poor more compassionate.
Our holy hour is our daily family prayer where we get together
and pray the Rosary before the exposed Blessed Sacrament the first
half-hour, and the second half hour we pray in silence. Our adoration
has doubled the number of our vocations. In 1963 we were making
a weekly holy hour together, but it was not until 1973, when we
began our daily holy hour that our community started to grow and
blossom.
Wherever I travel and wherever
I go, I carry this prayer and meditation book ('Come
to Me in the Blessed Sacrament') with me because it is a constant
source of light and inspiration for me. It has become my daily
companion. 'Loving Jesus with the
Heart of Mary' is my daily prayer and meditation book.
It is a most beautiful book because each page helps us to see
ever more clearly how much Jesus loves us in the Blessed Sacrament.
I recommend 'Loving Jesus with the Heart of Mary' and 'Come
to Me in the Blessed Sacrament' to everyone I meet. I would
like the whole world to read these books to help everyone realise
that Jesus wants all of us to come to Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
He is really there in Person waiting just for you.
I have already given an individual
copy of 'Loving Jesus with the Heart of Mary' to all my sisters,
and I am sending a copy of 'Come to Me in the Blessed Sacrament'
to each of our houses throughout the world because I want my sisters
to absorb the deeply rich, and yet, simple to understand Eucharistic
spiritually that these books contain. It is all there; everything
is in it.
That is why I encourage you to use
this book also, so that through Mary, the cause of our joy, you
may discover that nowhere on earth are you more welcomed, nowhere
on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present
in the Most Blessed Sacrament. The time you spend with Jesus in
the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on
earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your
union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious
and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting
peace on earth.
When you look at the crucifix,
you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the
Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you NOW. This
is why you should ask your parish priest to have perpetual adoration
in your parish. I beg the Blessed Mother touch the hearts of all
parish priests that they may have perpetual Eucharistic adoration
in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire
world.
God bless you
Mother Teresa
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