given an example and brought us protection in our weakness to help us tread the path of salvation mercifully grant that we why on earth the heavenly birthday of blasted saint teresa of calcutta a reading from the letter of st paul to the close in brothers and sisters from the day we heard about you we do not see spring for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of god's will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding to walk in a manner worthy of the lord so as to be fully pleasing in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of god strengthened with every power in accord with his glorious might for all in durance and patience with joy giving thanks to the father who has made you fit to share in the in holy ones in light he delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son in whom we have redemption the forgiveness of sins the word of the lord the lord has made known his salvation salvage the lord has made his salvation known in the sight of the nations h revealed his justice he has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of israel the lord has made known his selfish and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation melodious song with trumpets and the sound of the horn sing joyfully before the king the lord lord has the lord be with you are really from the holy gospel according to luke while the crowd was pressing in on jesus and listening to the word of god he was standing by the lake o two boats there alongside the lake the fisherman had disembarked and were washing their nets getting into the one of the boats the one belonging to simon the asked him to put out a short distance from the shore but he sat down and talk crowds from the boat after he had finished speaking he said to simon put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch simon said in reply mr we have worked hard all night and of caught nothing but at your command i will lower the nets when they had done this they caught a great number of fish and their nets with terry they signal to their partners to the other boat to come to help them they came and filled both boats that the boats were in danger of sinking when simon peter saw this he fell at the knees of jesus and said the part from me lord i am a sinful man for spanish meant the catch of fish they had made seize him and all those with him and likewise james and john the sons of devotees who were partners of simon jesus said to simon do not be afraid from now on you will be catching men when they brought their boats to the shore they left everything and followed him the gospel  world honored mother theresa gave her the nobel prize here in new york she was many masses here in the time of cardinal o'connor they honored her for her work with the poor this great expense of love for the poor and so many houses of the missionaries of charity throughout the world but for us we should remember this was a person of very intense  before mother teresa began that work she was with the libretto sisters in calcutta she was waiting for permission to go out for this work with the poor and she wrote at that time to that archbish am longing to be really only his to burn myself completely for him and for souls i want him to be love tend this great desire of mother teresa for souls not just be help of poor people and assistance to the poor in the great desire for souls she would write into a said another time she may have said it more than once intense love does not measure it just as it's true also of intense face infant intense they had very thin wafers that are used for the hosts in calcutta and during winter time it's not cold but the breezes are flowing through that chapel and a host cell  between the altar and the tabernacle and she was told that by a novice after mance mother teresa went into the chapel and knelt in front of that posts on she adored the host on the floor also was aware of bending over the presence of the real presence of jesus in the poorest of the poor as much as we as catholic believe in the presence of jesus and the eucharist mother teresa repeated over and over it is a real presence of all that in the poor let us be acknowledging we who image the lord be with you with your spirit lift up your hearts lifted them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god is right and just so it is truly right and just on duty in our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father on my d n eternal god for you are praised in the company of your saints and in crowning their merits to crown your gifts by their way of life you offer us an example by communion with them and give us companionship by their into session shore support so that through him and with him and in him god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will live in reign forever and ever on him and the peace of the lord be with you always