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“Do we glorify Mother Theresa for her good works?” We celebrate her life, that she gave it in serving the Lord in others. Many are called etc. etc. But she DID it. Why wouldn’t we celebrate that? A mere human, rising to Christ’s true challenge. An amazing woman of courage and self-discipline.

Or is nothing worth celebrating?

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Is rising to the Lord’s call only for those who do large, visible works? What of the parish priest who has led a life of humble submission for decades? What of the former alcoholic who accepted Christ and turned to God, raising three beautiful children who know and glorify our Father?

Absolutely, we should celebrate every life lived in obedience to Christ. But we need to be careful that we do not elevate the man for the work of God.

It is His strength that sees us through each day, each good gift is from His unchanging grace, each pearl of priceless wisdom is from His storehouse.

We should celebrate. We should celebrate that Mother Teresa turned her life over to God and sought to walk the narrow path.

It is not her self-discipline or her works that we should glorify or boast about though, but the Lord from whom all good things flow.

"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Gal 6:14)
"Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done bt others " (2Cor 10:15)

If I lived a life dedicated to the glory of God, what a terrible thing if in my death, people made me into an idol.