Un llamado a la misericordia / A Call to Mercy

by Mother Teresa

Un llamado a la Misericordia  contiene material inédito de una humilde pero notable mujer de fe, cuya influencia se siente tan profundamente hoy como cuando vivía.

El libro ofrece una profunda sabiduría, nos enseña cómo podemos mostrar misericordia y compasión en nuestra vida cotidiana. En sus propias palabras, la Madre Teresa toca temas  

• Alimentar al hambriento y dar de beber al sediento • Vestir al desnudo y albergar al indigente • Visitar al enfermo y al preso • Sepultar a los muertos • Instruir al ignorante y aconsejar al que está en duda • Corregir al que está en error • Soportar las injusticias con paciencia y perdonar las ofensas con buena disposición • Consolar al afligido • Orar por los vivos y los difuntos Un llamado a la Misericordia   incluye testimonios de personas muy cercanas a la Madre Teresa, así como oraciones y consejos para poner en práctica sus enseñanzas. Este libro recoge las reflexiones
de una santa cuyas ideas son aún importantes, relevantes y necesarias. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This book with material by a humble yet remarkable woman of faith, whose influence is felt as deeply today as it was when she was alive, offers Mother Teresa’s profound yet accessible wisdom on how we can show mercy and compassion in our day-to-day lives.  Compiled and edited by Brian Kolodiejckuk, M.C., the postulator of Mother Teresa’s cause for sainthood,  A Call to Mercy  presents deep yet accessible wisdom on how we can show compassion in our everyday lives. In her own words, Mother Teresa discusses such topics • The need for us to visit the sick and the imprisoned •   The importance of honoring the dead and informing the ignorant • The necessity to bear our burdens patiently and forgive willingly • The purpose to feed the poor and pray for all • The greatness of creating a “civilization of love” through personal service to others Featuring never before published testimonials by people close to Mother Teresa as well as prayers and suggestions for putting these ideas into practice,  A Call to Mercy  is not only a lovely keepsake, but a living testament to the teachings of a saint whose ideas are important, relevant and very necessary in the 21st century.
 

344 pages, Paperback

Published April 23, 2019

About the author

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu[6] (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta,[7] was an Albanian-Indian[4] Roman Catholic nun and missionary.[8] She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. It also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and also profess a fourth vow – to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."[9]

Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope Francis.