{"id":6762,"date":"2021-03-18T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:49:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:49:01","slug":"three-pennies-and-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/three-pennies-and-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Pennies and a Dream!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Three Pennies and a Dream! 3\/18\/21\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/vx2xd-fdec42?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s talk about a contemporary saint today, a day between the feast days of two of the earliest saints, St. Patrick and St. Joseph.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Teresa of Calcutta, India died on September 5, 1997 at the age of 87. Mother Teresa was canonized September 4,<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>2016 by Pope Francis. Who would have ever thought she would have attained such\u00a0an\u00a0<strong>i<\/strong>nfluence\u00a0in the whole world when she first began?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What did she have going for her? She was a tiny woman who began with the most meager of resources. Mother Teresa told her superiors,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cI have three pennies and a dream from God to build an orphanage.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMother Teresa,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>her superiors said<em>, \u201cyou can\u2019t build an orphanage with three pennies. With three pennies you can\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI know,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>she said, smiling, <strong><em>\u201cbut with God and three pennies I can do anything.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Mother Teresa understood the principle of the seed. It takes very little, but with the very little that is blessed by God &#8212; miracles occur. Jesus taught that if you have a strong faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. Mother Teresa did just that.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What mountain in YOUR life do you need God\u2019s help to move?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT DON\u2019T BE SURPRISED IF GOD HANDS YOU A SHOVEL!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"THE GATHERING: Jesus and Abortion A Story For Our Time\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_JmgIrF5nkQfse8&#038;asin=B08BDSDQ5L&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk about a contemporary saint today, a day between the feast days of two of the earliest saints, St. Patrick and St. Joseph.\u00a0 Saint Teresa of Calcutta, India died on September 5, 1997 at the age of 87. Mother Teresa was canonized September 4,\u00a02016 by Pope Francis. 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