[Cronos]

two of the reasons the rich critics attack Mother Teresa:
1. They don't realize that her primary mission was to spread the Word of Christ. Everything else was devoted to that aim. The poor were helped for the greater glory of God -- for them to feel the love of Christ. Spiritual "medicine" was primary, secondary was physical
2. They don't realize that just giving people medicine without love does not help them. I know a nun who works at "Mother Teresa's roses" -- they do something that may perplex us and this rich folks -- they offer the poor street dwellers a place to have a nice warm bath, with soap and everything and clean clothes. We may think "oh, what's the big deal" but to these beggars and street-dwellers it means a lot, it makes them feel human, not animals...

[Tax-chick]

The retired Bishop of my diocese was a long-time friend and confessor to Mother Teresa. He said when he first visited the Home for Dying Destitutes, a man was brought in who was dying of leprosy and had been partially eaten by rats. Mother Teresa asked him to give the man a blessing, which he did, and then said, “Now, please give him a bath.” Bishop Curlin says he replied, “Can’t I give someone else a blessing, Mother?” (he’s quite a pistol at 85), and she said, “It’s Jesus. You’re going to serve Jesus by washing him.”