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President Reagan presents Mother Teresa with the Medal of Freedom at a White House Ceremony, 20 June 1985. (Wiki)
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There are many places you can go to learn the facts of Teresa’s extraordinary life, from very different points of view. (Take the links below to recommended articles.) I’d like to use the time I have with you to share thoughts and feelings about her.
Teresa is a poster girl for the human ideals of humanitarianism and universalism. These are ‘isms’ that our world in its self-righteousness promotes and rewards. All kinds of people admire her and, because of her canonization on September 4, many Catholics can now feel justified in offering her a kind of worship by praying to her to intercede for them.
But while they may think that her comments about the Lord welcoming everyone – no matter what they believe – reflect the view of a loving and tolerant soul, her attitude and…
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Hi, brother – danke! grazie!
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Hey Sister, bene😎
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I’ve run out of vocabulary. As a kid in an Italian household I got so that I understood a lot and spoke a bit. They talked Italian so I wouldn’t understand.
My response to you should be – molto bene, fratello?
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Sounds right 😆
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Italian is a beautiful language, but for me I knew the words for “stop”, “hurry up”, etc.
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I’ve forgotten almost all of the little bit of Italian I knew, you’re right it’s a beautiful language
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bellissima. Sorry you forgot. It’s sad. If you were around it a lot you would pick it up, I think.
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now that rings plenty of bells 😇 you just might be right!
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