Posted on 08/26/2007 2:55:47 PM PDT by Salvation
London, Aug. 25 (PTI): A day after it was revealed that Mother Teresa had a deep crisis of faith in God for the last four decades of her life, the Vatican has said that her path to sainthood will not be affected by the controversy.
"Mother Teresa has already been beatified. For her canonisation as a saint, she now requires one more verified miracle," 'The Daily Telegraph' reported here today, quoting Monsignor Robert Sarno, in charge of her case at Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as saying.
The 'Saint of the Gutter', who died on September 5, 1997, nine days after her 87th birthday, is likely be canonised as a saint by the Vatican later this year. Admitting that Mother Teresa had, at times, turned away from God, Mgr Sarno said, "It's really very simple. People have to realise that the Church does not canonise God. She was a human being... she faced reality. Even the saints are faced with the difficulties of life."
The Vatican has more than 35,000 pages of documents attesting to the virtues and shortcomings of Mother Teresa. Mgr Sarno said he had to close the investigation because of the enormous amount of evidence that poured from Mother Teresa's supporters. "Over 100 witnesses, far more than in any other case for sainthood, have testified."
According to some of the letters within her file, Mother Teresa began to struggle with her belief in God at roughly the same time as she started caring for the poor and sick in Kolkata in 1949.
The Catholic Association of Bengal, the largest lay organisation in Calcutta, has mounted a constant prayer for the last two weeks to push her cause forward at Rome. It has also nominated 2007 as the 'Year of Mother Teresa's Sainthood', since Sept 5 will mark her 10th death anniversary.
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**”Mother Teresa has already been beatified.**
I think the Catholic-bashers forget this.
The Church is correct to go forward.
Mother Teresa wouldn’t be the first saint who was spiritually dry or having her doubts at some point or other in her life. I don’t think this is anything new, really.
And I believe they are. I will post another article about how she loved life.
**Mother Teresa wouldn’t be the first saint who was spiritually dry or having her doubts at some point or other in her life. **
Thanks, you said it for me!
If anything, this should make her service to the poor an even greater example of Christian love. She is a saint!
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Priestly Celibacy by Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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In this thread, you have Protestants defending Mother Teresa, against doubters. Whether sainted or not (doesn’t matter to us Sola Scripturors), she lived an exemplary life. Those without any existential questioning, frankly, I don’t believe.
All the best to her and the RCC.
She was just a “very good person.” Read the thread about how she loved life.
Some of us were just shocked about how many Catholics turned on this latest “story” with such vitriol toward her personhood and, daresay, Divine Grace and Faith.
In heaven, I’d love to meet her and even carry her cross for a little while.
There is also a famous quote that I may have — I’ll have to search for it — where she gave Willie Clinton the “what-for” for his wickedness. (If I can call it wickedness.)
I’ll look for it and post it.
Here are a couple of quotes I found. One of the links about also has quotes.
“Any country that accepts abortion, is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants.”
-—Mother Teresa
Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said: “What can
you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” And love
your friends. Love them without measure.”
Yeah, a real heretic there. Sheesh.
She is a perfect saintly example of how good works and faith is “everything”.
People need plaster saints. The real ones are hard to take.
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