Today, during his General Audience in an apparently windy St. Peter’s Square (the Pope is still residing in Castel Gandalfo, but returns to Rome for the GA. Oh, and check out Fr. Jay at Young Fogeys for a collage of the Pope’s “Mood Cape.“), Pope Benedict made reference to Mother Teresa, on today the 10th anniversary of her death, and continued his catechesis on Gregory of Nyssa. From AsiaNews (full text will be posted when available. Here’s the Italian from the Vatican.):

In today’s audience, the Pope could not but remember Mother Teresa, on the tenth anniversary of her death and on the Blessed’s liturgical feast day.
“Dear friends, the life and witness of this true disciple of Christ, whose liturgical memory we celebrate today, are an invitation to you and the entire Church to always serve Christ in the poor and the needy. Keep following her example and always be the instrument of Divine Mercy,” Benedict XVI said as he greeted a large group of missionaries, both men and women, and their collaborators.
In a hoarse or as he put it “a bit damaged” voice, for which the Pontiff apologised and for which he received an applause, the Pope mentioned the conference on the environment in the Arctic that Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, is promoting and which he will open tomorrow.
In English he said: “I wish to greet all the participants, the various religious leaders and scientists. I pledge to them my support for their efforts. Protecting water resources and paying attention to climate change are important issues for the entire human family. Encouraged by the growing concern for the needs of the environment and the necessity to preserve it, I urge all of you to join me in prayer and in the commitment to better respect the wonders of God’s creation.”
In the catechesis, in which the Pope presented some of the Fathers of the Church, Benedict XVI today focused on some of the teachings of Gregory of Nyssa and his “high” view of man, whose purpose, according to Gregory, was “to make himself similar to God through love.”
“When man loves he works with God to shape himself in the divine image,” he explained.
This love is addressed to God, but also to the poor.
“Gregory said that Christ is also present in the poor and for this reason they should never be offended,” he noted.
As he quoted from the Father of the Church, the Holy Father said: “Do not despise those who lay down . . . . Keep in mind who they are, and you shall discover what their dignity is. They represent the person of the Saviour.”

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More from AsiaNews, on remembering Mother Teresa in India:

 In Bhadra, near Ahmedabad (Gujarat), many people gathered in the square dedicated to Mother Teresa to offer Shraddhanjali, a special tribute in her honour.  Gujarat is infamous for the bitter religious and ethnic tensions which prevail there.  The MC’s opened their first mission there in ’75.  Today they have a home which hosts orphans, children of single mothers, lepers, disabled, the dying and the abandoned.
 “We have 415 leprosy patients in Surat”- says Sr. Meena the local Superior – “Many of them have been cured but do not have any place to go”.