Mother Teresa's letter to her Missionaries of Charity on March 25, 1993 feels like a love letter directly from Jesus.
"Jesus wants me to tell you again ... how much love He has for each one of you - beyond all you can imagine. I worry some of you still have not really met Jesus - one to one - you and Jesus alone ... Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you? Ask for the grace, He is longing to give it. Until you can hear Jesus in the silence of your heart, you will not be able to hear Him saying "I thirst" in the hearts of the poor. Never give up this daily intimate contact with Jesus as the real living person - not just the idea. How can we last even one day without hearing Jesus say "I love you" - impossible. Our soul needs that as much as the body needs to breathe the air.
Be careful of all that can block that personal contact with the living Jesus. The Devil may try to use the hurts of our life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you fell it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you ... He loves you always, even when you don't feel worthy. When not accepted by others, even by yourself sometimes - He is the one who will always accept you. My children, you don't have to be different for Jesus to love you. Only believe - you are precious to Him. Bring all you are suffering to His feet - only open your heart to be loved by Him as you are. He will do the rest ...
You all know in your mind that Jesus loves you - but in this letter Mother wants to touch your heart instead ... That is why I ask you to read this letter before the Blessed Sacrament, the same place it was written, so Jesus Himself can speak to you each one.
... Hear your name. Not just once. Everyday. If you listen with your heart, you will hear, you will understand.
... "I thirst" is something much deeper than Jesus just saying "I love you". Until you know deep inside that Jesus thirsts for you - you can't begin to know who He wants to be for you. Or who He wants you to be for Him.
... [Our Lady] was the first person to hear Jesus' cry "I Thirst" with St. John, and I am sure Mary Magdalen ... Her role is to bring you face to face ... with the love in the Heart of Jesus crucified ... "listen to Jesus' thirst."
... He knows your weakness, He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you. He is not bound by time ... Hear Him. Hear your own name. Make my joy and yours complete."
"Hear your own name" - because Jesus does not seek to be loved in general. He seeks to be loved by each one of us - in the same way that we want to be loved by the people we love. Until we give in to that love; to love Him; and allow Him to love us - our joy will not be complete. It won't be any other human person who has the capacity to complete us (Jerry Maguire's wife got it wrong - but the theme song did, somehow), but only Jesus.
"Jesus wants me to tell you again ... how much love He has for each one of you - beyond all you can imagine. I worry some of you still have not really met Jesus - one to one - you and Jesus alone ... Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you? Ask for the grace, He is longing to give it. Until you can hear Jesus in the silence of your heart, you will not be able to hear Him saying "I thirst" in the hearts of the poor. Never give up this daily intimate contact with Jesus as the real living person - not just the idea. How can we last even one day without hearing Jesus say "I love you" - impossible. Our soul needs that as much as the body needs to breathe the air.
Be careful of all that can block that personal contact with the living Jesus. The Devil may try to use the hurts of our life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you fell it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you ... He loves you always, even when you don't feel worthy. When not accepted by others, even by yourself sometimes - He is the one who will always accept you. My children, you don't have to be different for Jesus to love you. Only believe - you are precious to Him. Bring all you are suffering to His feet - only open your heart to be loved by Him as you are. He will do the rest ...
You all know in your mind that Jesus loves you - but in this letter Mother wants to touch your heart instead ... That is why I ask you to read this letter before the Blessed Sacrament, the same place it was written, so Jesus Himself can speak to you each one.
... Hear your name. Not just once. Everyday. If you listen with your heart, you will hear, you will understand.
... "I thirst" is something much deeper than Jesus just saying "I love you". Until you know deep inside that Jesus thirsts for you - you can't begin to know who He wants to be for you. Or who He wants you to be for Him.
... [Our Lady] was the first person to hear Jesus' cry "I Thirst" with St. John, and I am sure Mary Magdalen ... Her role is to bring you face to face ... with the love in the Heart of Jesus crucified ... "listen to Jesus' thirst."
... He knows your weakness, He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you. He is not bound by time ... Hear Him. Hear your own name. Make my joy and yours complete."
"Hear your own name" - because Jesus does not seek to be loved in general. He seeks to be loved by each one of us - in the same way that we want to be loved by the people we love. Until we give in to that love; to love Him; and allow Him to love us - our joy will not be complete. It won't be any other human person who has the capacity to complete us (Jerry Maguire's wife got it wrong - but the theme song did, somehow), but only Jesus.
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