###mother Teresa (19) The Co-Workers Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

In the year nineteen eighty,
The Missionaries of charity,
Opened a separate entity
For priests observing spirituality.

They were called Co-workers
And were given the services
Of taking care of the poor
For the love of Jesus, the Savior.

Their duties were to stay,
With the poor and pray
For few hours in a week,
Leaving their normal work.

They should take vows
Of poverty, obedience,
Charity and chastity,
Helping sisters and brothers.

Mother told them always,
“Jesus lives his life in us,
He sees through your eyes,
He loves with your hearts.”

“He walks with your feet.
Your work is a grand treat
For God’s love in action,
What you give in return.”

“My fire of love, you are
Among the sick, the poor,
The dying and the children
Who need your best attention.”

“Give them all your loving care.
You’ve to see Jesus in the poor,
If they’ve to see Jesus in us.
As co-workers you follow this.”

“Jesus says, hungry he is,
Also he’s naked and homeless.
Be sure, you’ve served him
When, in the poor, you see him.”

“He’s in the disguise of poor,
For you to go for his care,
He’s the sign of bread
For the poor to be fed.”