St. Teresa of Calcutta - St. John Henry Newman ... Lead Kindly Light

J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R.*

Saint Teresa and her sisters prayed each day after Holy Communion. The prayer, addressed to Jesus, was originally written by Saint John Henry Newman (1801-1890).  An adapted version reads:

Dear Jesus 

Help me to spread your fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that my life may only be a radiance of yours. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me, but only Jesus! Stay with me and then I will begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. The light, O Jesus, will be all from you; none of it will be mine. It will be you, shining on others through me. Let me thus praise you in the way which you love best, by shining on those around me. Let me preach you without preaching, not by words but by example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears for you. Amen. 

(Adaptation from Mediations and Devotions)

Her Spirituality?

In Her Own Words 

 “Who is Jesus to me?  Jesus is the Word made Flesh.  Jesus is the Bread of Life.  Jesus is the Victim offered for our sins on the cross.  Jesus is the sacrifice offered at holy Mass for the sins of the world and for mine.  Jesus is the Word—to be spoken.  Jesus is the Truth—to be told.  Jesus is the Way—to be walked.  Jesus is the Light—to be lit.  Jesus is the Life—to be lived.  Jesus is the Love—to be loved...”

Sincerely yours
in Jesus through Mary,
Mike Rizzio

Imitate Mary
Become like Jesus
Live for the Triune God

Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ
See you on the High Ground!

* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael