“I Thirst”

(Mother Teresa)

“Why does Jesus say, ‘I Thirst’? What does it mean? Something so hard to explain in words — if you remember anything from Mother’s letter, remember this — ‘I thirst’ is something much deeper than Jesus just saying, ‘I love you.’ Until you know deep inside that Jesus thirsts for you — you can’t begin to know who He wants to be for you. Or who He wants you to be for Him.

. . . How do you approach the thirst of Jesus? Only one secret — the closer you come to Jesus, the better you will know His thirst.

‘Repent and believe,’ Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart and in the poor — He knows your weakness, He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you. He is not bound by time.

Whenever we come close to Him — we become partners of Our Lady, St. John, Magdalene. Hear Him. Hear your own name.”
~Mother Teresa/St. Teresa of Calcutta (from her Varanasi Letter)