Living Advent With Hope and Charity: Lessons From Mother Teresa’s Sisters, by Courtney Mares

By Courtney Mares, CNA, Dec. 16, 2024

Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents and was awarded the Gardner Fellowship for her work with North Korean refugees. …

Rome Newsroom, Dec 16, 2024 / 14:30 pm – On a crisp December morning in Rome, a group of women gathered not for their usual Bible study but to bring Christmas gifts to a homeless shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by St. Teresa of Calcutta, also known as Mother Teresa.

The women were greeted at the door by a petite Indian sister dressed in the familiar white sari trimmed with blue. With a gentle smile, she welcomed them inside and led them through the modest shelter into a small chapel. At the center was a simple tabernacle, flanked by a crucifix and the words “I thirst.” The sister gestured for them to sit and pray, then spoke quietly.

“Ask the Lord,” she said, “How can I be a channel of peace to people? … How can I be a sign of hope to people around me?” …

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