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Lectio et Oratio episodes
- 12 min
- 12 min
- Episode 6 -- Come Be My Light Bk 1 ch 1.2 -- Many Things for Jesus and for Souls
After nine years of missionary life, what did Mother Teresa most ask for from a priest friend?
Prayers. As she approached her final vows as a Loreto sister, Mother Teresa wrote a long letter to a priest she knew back home. She opened up about her interior life and her struggles. Her great desire is to do what pleases Christ. But what she is most desirous of is prayers. She begs this priest several times to pray for her. Let us imitate her in asking others to pray for us!
10 min - Episode 5 -- Mother Teresa-Come Be My Light Bk 1 ch 1.1 -- Missionary
Why did St Teresa of Calcutta want her to be a missionary sister in India?
Growing up in an Albanian family with a devout mother, Mother Teresa first thought about being a sister at the age of 12. This passed out of her mind for six years. At the age of 18, the call returned. She wanted to go to Bengal. She wanted to bring the light of Christ to those in the darkness of unbelief. She wanted all to know Him whom her heart so loved.
15 min - 11 min
- Episode 3 -- Mother Teresa-Come Be My Light Bk 1 ch 0.3 -- Introduction continued Power of Christ_s Passion
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15 min - Episode 2 -- Mother Teresa-Come Be My Light Bk 1 ch 0.2 -- Wanting Inspiration Documents Destroyed
Why did St Teresa of Calcutta want her documents destroyed?
On September 10, 1946, at the age of 36, Mother Teresa experienced an interior call from Jesus. He spoke words in her heart that left a lasting impression. She heard Him invite her, demand from her, that she leave her teaching order, the Loretto Sisters and bring His light to the slums of Calcutta. This intimate experience was unknown to most people until fairly recently. The documents regarding this experience were in the possession of her spiritual guides. Mother wanted these documents destroyed once her work with the poor got started. She did not want attention on herself, but on Christ in the poor.
14 min - Episode 1 -- Mother Teresa- Come Be My Light Bk 1 ch 0.1 -- Preface and Introduction
What are the most important revelations in Mother Teresa's private writings?
In preparation for Mother Teresa being beatified and canonized, that is, officially declared to be a model for the Christian life and a heavenly intercessor, previously unknown writings of Mother were discovered and examined. They detail 1) a private vow she made of always doing what was most perfect, 2) her mystical experience of Christ calling her to be His Light, and 3) her prolonged sense after the work with the poorest of the poor began of God not caring for her or wanting her.
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St Philip Neri in the 16th century would gather those each day who were desirous of seeking Christian perfection. He would read from a spiritual book and then discourse on the meaning of what was…
read. This podcast (and the nightly prayer group from which it springs) seeks to carry on St Philip’s method of helping people become holy, even saints, in their own homes.