Reflecting the Beauty of God

I recently came across a video clip of Princess Diana and St. Mother Teresa together.  I was struck by the beauty in this video.  While Princess Diana served others and did a lot of charity work, she was also seen as beautiful by the world’s standards because of her physical appearance.  St. Mother Teresa, aged and wrinkled, small and hunched over, while not beautiful by the world’s standards, radiated beauty.  There is something about her smile that drew people towards her during her life (and still draws people towards her when we think about who some of our favorite saints are).  This is because of her holiness and her deep love for Jesus.  The closer we grow to God, the more our lives reflect a certain beauty that can help draw others to the beauty of God and a relationship with Him.

When people looked into the eyes of St. Mother Teresa, they saw Jesus.  She allowed Jesus into the deepest parts of her heart and invited Him to work in her life.  She prayed deeply and chose to follow His will each day.  She depended and trusted fully in God and knew she was in need of His mercy.  She recognized the dignity of every single person she encountered and served with great love and compassion.  Do we do these things?  This should be the goal for all of us- that people would look at us and see Jesus, that people might be drawn to Him because of the way we live our lives.

We are drawn to people who radiate Christ in their lives.  When we see people striving for holiness, we want to experience what they have.  Think about people in your life-  family, friends, co-workers, or even strangers.  When we see their joy, humility, and love, it draws us in because it is Jesus in them who is the cause of these fruits.
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We can see great beauty in the words St. Mother Teresa spoke and wrote and in her actions.  This is because all she did was for God and she allowed her life to be a reflection of Him.  God not only created beautiful things, but He is beauty Himself.  Beauty reveals God, which in turn reveals truth, love, joy, and all that is good.  May we all live our lives in a way that reflects God, so that others may come to know Him and find the beauty they are seeking.