###mother Teresa (02) A Passion For Public Service Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Agnes’s Mother, Drana was one,
Who was the first ever to run
And do any public service
At the hour of their needs.

A widow with six children,
And a drunkard woman,
Who were left uncared for,
Lived under Drana’s care,

When the widow died,
The children were raised,
As part of her own family,
And they found it homely.

Agnes joined her mother,
While serving any neighbour.
So, it was no wonder,
If she was like her mother.

She too liked very much
Her services in the Church.
And was fond of praying,
Reading and also singing.

In the overseas missions,
She showed keen interests,
As a public school student,
That came as a good start.

She was just twelve then
When she took a decision
To dedicate her life forever
In serving God and the poor.

For this, everyday she prayed.
Also every door she knocked.
With her mother and priest,
She always talked o’er it.

She had decided to join
The Loreto Order as a nun
In the field of education,
In the Bengal Catholic Mission.

She was just eighteen by then,
When she took up this profession.
And it was during this period
The “Sisters of Mercy, ” she founded.

This order spread far and wide
With 561 centres in the world
Run by 3800 dedicated sisters,
Really wonder of wonders!

After her final renunciation
And joining the holy mission,
She visited her home town never,
Not even her sisters or mother.

It was by the Lord’s will,
With a missionary zeal,
She took up her noble career
With all her full vigour.