From the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., February, 1994
Mother Teresa:
"On the last day, Jesus will say to those on His right hand, 'Come enter the Kingdom. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was sick and you visited me.' Then Jesus will turn to those on His left hand and say, 'Depart from me because I was hungry and you did not feed me, I was thirsty and you did not give me to drink, I was sick and you did not visit me.' These will ask Him, 'When did we see You hungry, or thirsty or sick and did not come to Your help?'. And Jesus will answer then, 'Whatever you neglected to do unto one of the least of these, you neglected to do unto Me!
I'd say she understood her roll rather well.
Are you sure? ;-)
Interesting (but not surprising) isn't it. That a gainsaying unintelligent woman, whose appreciation and understanding of Scripture leads her to squander hours upon hours at an internet website, should find fault with the way a Catholic woman sacrificed her entire life to serve Christ in the poorest of the poor. You see, Mother Teresa wasn't up to the gainsayer's standards.
Mother Teresa should have been thumping her King James at those dying Hindu heathens. And because she didn't, you see, means they're all going to HELL.
And Mother's in deep trouble herself for not thumping. Forget about the thousands of vocations within her order that have occurred directly because of her living testimony. Forget about the millions of Catholics, other Christians and non Christians who have been inspired to lead lives dedicated to helping the poor and actually LIVING the gospel message because of her life. All irrelevant to a gainsayer, you see.
From No Greater Love:
Q. Do you attempt to present any special religious message through your work?
Mother Teresa responds: Love has no other message but its own. Every day we try to live out Christ's love in a very tangible way, in every one of our deeds. If we do any preaching, it is done with deeds, not with words. That is our witness to the gospel.
Oh no! Filthy rags! ;-)
Remember codie all of our righteousness is as filthy rags......Blessed are the feet of them that bring the Good news..(and that is not 'dinner is ready')
I would like to publicly thank RnMomof7 for her relentless attack on Mother Teresa! Yes, RnMomof7, Thank You, from the bottom of my heart. Because it is through your tireless efforts to dismantle a woman who gave her all that I have now come to know, understand and appreciate just what it takes to be a saint. A witness to Mother Teresa's work in London, England described his experience as follows:
So first I started going out at night into the streets with the Sisters to feed and clothe the homeless. The first night was scary. As a businessman, I had seen people and given money to beggars, but had never actually talked to or touched these people, so I was fearful. Like Malcolm Muggeridge said when Mother took him to these places, I went through 3 phases: First, horror mixed with pity; the second, compassion pure and simple; and the third, reaching beyond compassion, something I had never experienced before, the awareness that these people, including the ones I met at Mother's houses in India, dying and derelict men and women, lepers with stumps instead of hands, the unwanted children, were somehow not repulsive but rather dear as friends, brothers and sisters. Finally one day with Sr. Shoba I picked up a disoriented man who almost got run down by a bus in front of Victoria Station. As I took him to safety and put him down, I saw the face of Christ in his face. I will never forget that day - Mother was right.
I am confidant that RnMomof7, a professional nurse of great faith, would be willing to do the same for her church in her community, if she has not already done so.
When Mother Teresa died, the world sat up and responded.