New Delhi, Aug 26, 2020: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra recalled what Mother Teresa told her when she visited the family after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in May 1991.
The Congress leader, in a tweet, shared pictures of her working with the Missionaries of Charity.
“Shortly after my father was killed, Mother Teresa came to see us. I had fever. She sat by my bedside, held my hand and said ‘Come and work with me,'” Priyanka posted on the microblogging site.
“I did so for many years, and owe her a great debt of gratitude for the abiding friendship of all the MC (Missionaries of Charity) sisters who continue to show me the path of selfless service and love,” she tweeted.
Special prayers were held at the Mother House in Kolkata, the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, on the 110th birth anniversary of St Teresa of Calcutta. Entry of visitors was restricted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, presently the capital of North Macedonia, to a family of Albanians. She left home at a young age and came to India in 1929 with the Loreto nuns. She left the congregation in the late 1940s and started the Missionaries of Charity to work among the poor.
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997, in Kolkata, which she had made her home. She was canonized on September 4, 2016, by Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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The 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa served the poor, the orphans, the destitute, the leprosy warriors, the elderly, and the marginalized with dedication and commitment. Long live the memory of her nation-building endeavors.
St. Teresa of Kolkata inspires millions who love humanity with dignity.
St. Teresa of Kolkata is in contrast to her own country leader Alexander the great who took pledge to conquer the kingdoms of the world in the past history. Whereas Mother Teresa came from Macedonia with weapons of love, service, compassion and understanding and reigns in human hearts!