Chapel of Casa Santa Teresa, the orphanage and mother house for the Missionary Servants of the Poor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\u201cAnd here,\u201c the smiling sister said to me, \u201cis our second chapel.\u201d I entered the room a bit confused as she explained, \u201cthis is our second chapel because here we also encounter Christ.\u201d\u00a0 The religious sister had led me into a room with about fifteen girls, all suffering from various birth defects and severe ailments.\u00a0 This room housed the older girls of the house, the few that had lived past just a few years after being abandoned by their parents due to their inability to care for them.<\/p>\n
The girls though severely limited physically and verbally, were joyful.\u00a0 The love with which the nuns fed them and held them was palpable.\u00a0 I had no doubt these girls were loved, that Christ was present, and that love plus proper care had kept them alive this long.\u00a0 The sister who led our visit knew the story of every single girl we encountered that day.\u00a0 Every story was heart-breaking and gut-wrenching, but the terrible stories gave way to a hopeful joy that sprung forth from the girls and those caring for them.<\/p>\nView of the chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe work of the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World in Cusco, Peru is truly admirable.\u00a0 Priests, brothers, religious sisters, and lay families have responded to a call to care for the most abandoned and forgotten in the unforgiving altitude of the Peruvian Andes Mountains.\u00a0 Father Giovanni Salerno arrived to Peru in 1968 to take care of the spiritual and medical needs of the poorest of the poor in Apurimac, Peru.\u00a0 Over the years, he and the many who have followed his invitation to serve the poor, have encountered Christ in those who are forgotten and living in the margins of society.\u00a0 This movement strives to go where nobody else goes to seek the poor and the marginalized, so that they may reach a condition that is in accordance with the dignity of the children of God.<\/p>\nSaint Teresa in the chapel with a view of Cusco in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCountless times Pope Francis has urged us to seek those in the margins of society so they may feel loved and part of God\u2019s family.\u00a0 In the Joy of the Gospel<\/em>, the Pope challenged us to reach out to those who are completely disenfranchised; those who cannot even stand in the margin of society because they are completely left out.\u00a0 If we stand in judgement, waiting for those most distant from us to change and become acceptable to our standards, that day will never arrive.\u00a0 It is by showing God\u2019s love to them that they will be transformed.\u00a0 It is God\u2019s love that makes the unlovable, lovable.\u00a0 It is God\u2019s love that makes the broken, whole.<\/p>\nCasa San Tarsicio, Andahuaylillas, where the priests, brothers, and orphans live<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt is not necessary to travel to Peru\u2019s high mountains to allow God\u2019s love to transform those who are in need of love.\u00a0 The margins of society surround us.\u00a0 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta stated that \u201cthe greatest disease in the West today is not tuberculosis or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.\u00a0 We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness in love.\u201d\u00a0 Look around your home, workplace, and community.\u00a0 Where can you allow God\u2019s love to transform the unlovable in your midst?\u00a0 The second chapel may be found wherever we enter, wherever we allow Christ to manifest himself where He is most needed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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