HARDCORE: How The Missionaries of Charity Live w/ Fr. John Burns

[@ViewerAnna]

Loved it when he told the sister asking him to lead a retreat for the Missionaries of Charity, that he was just a new priest, and she told him - "you won't lead the retreat. You will pray and Holy Spirit will lead the retreat." Now that's the kind of confidence in God that comes from being "prayed up" every day, from being anchored in His Presence thru prayer, surrender and selfless service. So inspiring. Thank you!

[@vigilantwarrior512]

I met mother Theresa on the 90s her last trip to nyc. My father donated to the sisters of charity in asbury Nj. He did construction work volunteering and wouldn’t accept their money. He asked if MT ever came to nyc, he would prefer to meet her. Well they held true to their promise!! At the time I was a nurse at st Vincent’s in Greenwich village night shift my dad picked me up and brought me up to the Bronx. They took us in the convent snd we attended a mass with her and only 20 of us total! She did not have much to say to me but gave me a bag of blessed metals. I only have 1 left after giving them out to those that needed uplifting over the past few decades. I’ve had a couple of amazing life experiences this being tops

[@johnmichael3238]

I am on the process of joining formation with the Missionaries of Charity Fathers (priests branch). Requesting some prayers.

[@timfronimos459]

John Michael you are covered in prayer.

[@SaintJosaphatBishopMartyr]

LETS GO, Im joining formation for my home diocese. We got this bro

[@VictorIzuchukwuAni]

Be strong, don't look back.

[@lucybugni4586]

Omigosh, I didn't know Burns was a thing lol. He was my parish preist when I was really young. Definetly looks older now, but still one of the best preists I've ever encountered.

[@gawei3140]

Here in Shillong, India, we have an Australian priest of the MC Fathers congregation. He is the embodiment of self sacrifice for the sake of Christ coming from a developed country and leaving it all and serve us the tribals in rural India. God bless him and the MC congregation.

[@businessacc179]

A message to everyone: Find the MCs near you to serve with them 💜 so worth every second serving with them. They are near almost everyone. There is always an element of “not knowing what to do,” a feeling of total uselessness and realizing that our input is a small drop in the ocean, and yet choosing to do these tiny tasks with great love. Their radical kindness and total devotion to poverty and the poor is a shining witness in the darkest areas of the world and of our own souls. I met my husband in Kolkata serving with the MCs- so much love for them and the poor they serve 💜🙏🏻💕 Get to see them as soon as you can- that’s all I can say to everyone on the planet.

[@johnad3337]

👃,As Indians we are truly blessed

[@amithrichard6979]

Hey! Fellow Indian here.

@@amithrichard6979 Pray for me

Pray for me please

[@roseangela2797]

I pray with the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative in New Jersey and they are having first profession of vows on the Feast of the Sacred Heart... I am blessed to be a supporter of the Sisters.

[@franciscojasminoy3943]

DEAR ROSE, WHAT A GRACE FROM HEAVEN TO ACCOMPANY THE SISTERS DAILY AND BE A VOLUNTEER WHO ALSO HELP THE POOREST, SICKEST AND NEEDY WHERE WE ARE...! I WAS IN THE PLAINFIELD HOUSE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS EVERY YEAR, AND IT WAS LIVING A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN NEXT TO THE COMMUNITY OF ASPIRANTS, POSTULANTS, NOVICES AND SISTERS....FROM MASS TO FIRST IN THE HOUR WITH THEIR SONGS FROM ANGELS TO THE ADORATION AND PRAYER OF THE ROSARY IN THE AFTERNOON. GOD BLESS YOU AND CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THE SISTERS IN THE CITY WHERE YOU ARE...! PD.: EXCELLENT THE TESTIMONY OF FR. JOHN !

[@lo-berg]

I was living in Rome during those years when Father Burns was there. I remember a classmate of his, Father Tom Niehaus, did the same things over his vacations, presenting himself to the MCs and saying that they would go anywhere; some of the sisters to go MONTHS without the Sacraments due to lack of priests. Father Tom was sent to eastern Europe where the sisters had a house for alcoholics. Father exposed the Blessed Sacrament, praying over people for healing. There was one man who, as he came in face to face contact with the Eucharist, broke down crying saying, "I haven't cried in 20 years." I know there were priests sent to Africa where they spent most of the days scraping in the hookworms from the feet of children. Imagine being a newly ordained priest and this is the job they ask you to do. So radical.

[@TheMvGeel]

I only wish the interview was longer! Thank you!

[@christygarcia4843]

It is! Click the title of this excerpt to see the link to the full interview.

[@br.patrickreilly8556]

Just visited them in Kolkata and Manila. The MC’s are such a gift for the Church

[@ultimateoriginalgod]

I feel this should be included in the Beatitudes 1:28 "Blessed is he who gives baths to the down trodden"

[@ghosttheprogram6973]

😂😂😂

[@kevinkelly2162]

I feel that in honour of Mother Theresa we should add 'Blessed is she who dies with $200 million dollars in the bank.'

[@masterchief8179]

@@kevinkelly2162 Mother Theresa (St Theresa of Calcuta) became a symbol of the love towards the poorest of the poor through concrete acts of Christian charity, making the most miserable and invisible people all of a sudden visible. That ignited hatred and detracting campaigning both of the communists and sympathetic leftists to their cause, who think of themselves as the authentic moral guides of the poor’s souls, and of atheist billionaire philanthropists (who, not by surprise, fund leftist agenda), who think of themselves as luminaires of humanitarian principles to which God can only be a menace. Thanks for giving us illustration of who the useful idiots are and what they parrot online. Ideological anti-Catholicism is the most common excuse for this, considering US most ancient and durable bigotry and prejudice and… voilá!

[@kevinkelly2162]

@UCiZZtBGjAZZYdtplL5hQFVg You forgot to explain how she died with $200 million in her bank account. Also look up some of her quotes about the poor and the sick. She is evil. The reason you can't see that is because you have religion instead of morals.

[@Paramedico-f1p]

Super ❤

[@dissident_media]

It was hell on earth I loved it

[@nataliabenoit4653]

My spiritual mother is a missionary of charity

[@franciscojasminoy3943]

QUE BENDECIDA, SON UNOS ANGELES LAS HNAS MC Y LAS MCC!!!!

[@danielbashir4735]

Greetings from Pakistan It's amazing Video. May God bless you all

[@jjlou1]

I have been an active volunteer with the MC's for many years. Their beautiful witness has changed my life!

[@paulawarnes9951]

Wow. Impressed.

[@marybeth1747]

Wow!!!

[@milagrosamistoso5650]

Love this video 💗🇨🇦

[@marabarnet6789]

How humbling to listen to him.

[@monaoconnell5650]

Loved it!

[@valeriasantana3597]

Wow, this is beautiful! I pray that I could be so humble. Thank you for being a witness Father to our dedicated Sisters.

[@bjdenil]

Love this!

[@endamurphy2379]

Beautiful! (i live near Sligo)

[@lawzky_8881]

I've had an opportunity to serve with the missionaries of charity... Their ministry is not for the faint hearted..

[@alphacharlietango969]

That was beautiful +JMJ+

[@glennrogers5568]

Can you donate to them.

[@raphaelpali]

This kept me silent for a long time...

[@irshadkhan9285]

If u ask help from missionary...hope they will respond 😮

[@marckevinsherst4619]

That’s great is that poverty or abject poverty.Jesus lived in poverty.

Pray for me that I don't become Juda to Jesus.

[@josephmary969]

wow i didnt think i would ever hear about another religious order as hard core as the franciscans, these sisters put me and my brothers and sisters 1st,second and 3rd orders to shame

[@franciscojasminoy3943]

Sorry, I don't think that's the case. Your Order must have its charisma founded by God the Father or Jesus himself, and the MCs have the charisma that Jesus transmitted to Mother Teresa. There is no need to be ashamed as long as we all live sharing the love of God the Father with our brothers and especially with those most in need (be it in our family, our community, our work, with the poorest, with those who do not). they know the love of God, etc) God bless you!

[@mjef3695]

With all the donations for Mother Theresa why weren’t hospital beds and better equipment brought in to treat the patients. There was a lot of money collected.

[@kevinkelly2162]

She used those people to collect money. It was never intended for them. If you want to feel deeply disgusted, take a look into her personal finances. And if you want to feel sick to your stomach, look into some of her quotes on human suffering.

[@YiriUbic3793]

@@kevinkelly2162 Ok snow flake protestant troll

[@kevinkelly2162]

@@YiriUbic3793 You are the one that can't handle the truth so how am I the snowflake?

[@luxtenebris7246]

@@kevinkelly2162 I've never understood this argument. Look at how she lived, look at pictures of her feet. Her lifestyle was well documented. You talk about her "personal finances" as if she was squirrelling away a yacht somewhere. She lived in well documented, constantly witnessed, absolute poverty with no luxury. What would she be spending all her riches on?

[@kevinkelly2162]

@@luxtenebris7246 What argument? I was just pointing out that there are discrepancies between her legend and who she was. Personally I think she was mentally disturbed in a sort of charismatic way and the church used her to rake in millions which never reached the people who's suffering she used to collect money. How much she personally profited I don't know but when she got sick she did not go to one of her own 'hospitals'. But some of the stuff she said about suffering are just sick. Good thing she started her own hospital because she would never have been allowed to work in a real hospital.

[@cmac369]

I don't get it. Why does a grown man who was drunk and burned his house down need another adult to bathe him? And Fr. John's not bad because he didn't know how to bathe this guy he was just out of his element.

[@seanmonteiro9459]

With all due respect Matt Frad, if anyone needs to be on the show talking about living like Mother Teresa, should be one of the sisters, who actually live the life.

[@friarzero9841]

Did the Romani people not, at any point, tell you that "Gyspy" is a slur to them?

[@Jackjohnjay]

Plenty of gypsies call themselves gypsies. Have you not met many?

[@friarzero9841]

@@Jackjohnjay Plenty of black folk use the "n-word", that doesn't make it any less racist when white people do so.

[@timmayotte1645]

yikes!

[@harry2654]

Remember, living like Mother Teresa also involves affirming people in their false religions. Remember to tick all the boxes! 👍

[@exerciserelax8719]

What do you mean?

[@DavidRodriguez-cm2qg]

She wore a crucifix and hoped those she served would come into the Faith.

[@harry2654]

@@exerciserelax8719 If you read her biographies, she expressed that she didn't want people to convert to the Catholic Faith, and she also prayed with Buddhists and Hindu's to their false gods.

[@miguelrc4790]

@@harry2654 Mother Theresa is a canonized saint and she is praying for you

[@harry2654]

@@miguelrc4790 So someone who explicitly denies Catholic teaching can be a Saint now?