International Charity Day
To honor Mother Teresa of Calcutta on the
anniversary of her death (or birth into Heaven),
the United Nations declared September 5th to
be International Charity Day.
Mother Teresa cared
for the poor and the sick.
Today we ask ourselves:
Where does charity fit
into my life?
ILLUMINANT
(Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The picture does not steal
Your soul, it illumines.
A lake of gold light
Carries you into a corner
Of the chapel. Bare feet and Bible
Are all we see beyond
The blue and white sari. A quiet
Rembrandt in state of prayer.
Your strong ankles, apparent
All the years they have worn,
Now anointed with nard.
The refectory table is happy
Your life feeds us
More than food.
-Kathleen Gunton
The picture does not steal
Your soul, it illumines.
A lake of gold light
Carries you into a corner
Of the chapel. Bare feet and Bible
Are all we see beyond
The blue and white sari. A quiet
Rembrandt in state of prayer.
Your strong ankles, apparent
All the years they have worn,
Now anointed with nard.
The refectory table is happy
Your life feeds us
More than food.
-Kathleen Gunton
© 2003 Time Of Singing
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