In Honor of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

DO IT ANYWAY

(This poem was written by Blessed Mother Teresa and is engraved on the wall of her home for children in Calcutta)

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;

FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

BE KIND ANYWAY.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;

SUCCEED ANYWAY.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

BUILD ANYWAY.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

BE HAPPY ANYWAY.

The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow;

DO GOOD ANYWAY.

Give the world the best you have. It may never be enough;

GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU”VE GOT ANYWAY.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and GOD;

IT WAS NEVER BETWEEN YOU AND THEM ANYWAY.

4US

4US is Saturday, September 25, at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma.  Please make every effort to participate in and/or make a donation to 4US.  4US is a family-friendly event that raises money to purchase ultrasound machines for crisis pregnancy centers.  Please visit their website for more information.

Saint Coloring Pages

I uploaded the saint coloring pages that I made in 2003 for our Little Flowers group to Google Docs.  I am definitely not an artist, but my children don't seem to mind.  The pages are available via the following links:

• St. Therese
• St. Agnes
• St. Catherine of Siena
• St. Catherine Laboure
• St. Cecilia
• St. Monica

If you are looking for professional saint coloring pages, I recommend visiting Catholic Heritage Curricula and downloading their coloring pages.  Scroll down on this page for the links.  

The Little Flowers' member's guides also have some nice pictures of the saints.

Finally, a large collection of coloring pages of various saints can be found at Waltzing Matilda.