• K S Joseph
  St George Church Edapalli

She was born an Albanian,
Became an Indian by choice,
Belonged to the downtrodden everywhere,
Became a world citizen with wide recognition.
Bojakskue Nicolas was her father,
Benevolent was he as a contractor,
Bernai Dranifill was her mother,
Both known for services to the poor.
Age was her elder sister,
Lazar her elder brother,
Agnes her name in the family,
Mother was the name known by the poor.
Moved from Dublin to India,
Aiming Loreto Convent in Bengal,
Began her career as a teacher,
Remained so, for seventeen years.
Began her day in prayer,
Before Holy Mass was her meditation,
Being a tool for the Lord she enjoyed it,
Before God Almighty she offered everything.
Lived as a true Christian,
Loved all, irrespective of religion,
Thirst for her Lord,
Was the thirst of her life.
Before independence, war effects
Battered her beloved country,
Bengal famine followed soon,
Became Loreto a military hospital.
Biblical Last judgment,
A lasting influence on her,
Be with the poorest,
A call within her divine call.
In the hungry, the thirsty, the naked,
She saw her Lord, in their facebook,
She served the lowest of her brothers,
As if she did it to her Master.
Bharath and the World witnessed,
Blue bordered MOC* sisters’ services,
Bengali dress code of municipal sweepers,
Both cross and rosary in their defence.
Basic works of MOC centered around,
Basic education, social and health services,
Basic work places centered around,
Moti Jhill, Nirmal Hriday, Sisu Bhavan & Shanti Niketan.
Bharat Ratna and Nobel Peace Prize,
She received for the poorest of the poor,
War is not the villain of peace,
But it is “Abortion” to her.
Bell came as a last call,
Breathed last on 5th September, 1997,
The epitaph reads, “Love one another
As I have loved you”.
Brazilian youth’s recovery from
Brain tumor led to her sainthood listing,
Be glad to glorify our Lord,
Be sure of her intercession with our Lord.

• * MOC, Missionaries of Charity