Mother Teresa Remix
Wow. What a bombshell!ÂÂ
Or was it?ÂÂ
What was it about Mother Teresa that compelled us to build her into more than your usual saint? Are we so desperate for modern-day spiritual heroes - evidences for the life transforming power of God - that we permit ourselves to filter out reality?
Are there any ’saints’ other than ourselves? Mother Teresa did a wonderful work. Many who do the same remain unnoticed. Yet, despite her efforts for the downtrodden, she wrestled with her faith - like most of us - or as all of us should. As Jesus himself wrestled in the garden and on the cross, should we expect anything less in ourselves?
Mother Teresa - though you probably didn’t want all this revealed, not wanting to disappoint anyone, the revelation of your struggles in faith are in harmony with all great biblical folks. To know that you were human like us, sufffering, questioning, doubting - is a confirmation to us that we mustn’t look for an escape. We must all face the demons of this life and to come alongside each other encouraging such honesty.
I think Mother Teresa’s struggles with God made her the kind of person we love and can now more fully identify with.ÂÂ
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October 6th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
agreed! i haven’t read all that’s available on this, but what i have seen makes me hold her in higher esteem than before. the real mother teresa is better than the icon.
on an unrelated note, bill……are you still having live music at the cafe? some friends of mine and i are putting together a benefit show for http://www.haitianchildrenshome.org. it will be at a coffeehouse in apex in november. should we want to do another one, would your place be an option? 3hrs worth of popular covers - from alisson krauss to led zeppelin and a bit of just about everything in between.