###mother Teresa (07) Missionaries Of Charity Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

In the year nineteen-forty-eight
India recognized Mother’s merit
And she became an Indian citizen,
As a pride jewel of the Nation.

During October, nineteen-fifty,
“The Missionaries of Charity, ”
Was founded by Kolkata Diocese
In honour of the sisters’ services.

Mother Teresa took the training
In the profession of nursing
From the Medical Missionaries
At Patna for three months.

Under the Missionaries of Charity
She extended her love and pity
To the uncared for persons
And treated them with kindness.

This organisation provided
For those needy, good food,
For the sick, free hospitals,
And for the children, free schools.

They ran youth centres,
Clean shelters for lepers
Dying poor, and orphanages,
Besides vocation centres.

A woman from a foreign country
Wearing a cheap coarse sari
With no resources of her own
Volunteered to serve the Nation.

People saw her goodness,
Her zeal for social services,
Her heart filled with kindness
Her simplicity in appearance.

They donated chairs, tables,
Black boards, tools and accessories
Besides their voluntary services,
To build up schools and hospitals.

But for herself and her sisters,
They were content with two saris,
A handbag, a pair of slippers
And a rupee or two for expenses.

Their daily job was searching
In the city for those dying
Bring them home for caring
And sharing their feelings.

The four vows of poverty,
Obedience, chastity,
And service to the poor,
Were taken by a member.

The Rome had adopted them in
Under a pontifical congregation
Subject to these four vows
Being taken by the members.

If there was a selfless woman
In the world for compassion,
That was Mother Teresa alone,
An “Incarnation of Compassion.”

Wherever earthquake occurred,
Wherever children starved,
She stood by the side of the victims
And wholeheartedly served them.