[D-fendr]

She died not believing in Him.

Only she and God knows this.

Her belief came and went and came again, and went again. She didn't know if it would return or not.

But, she did not stop, she did not leave her work, her order, her Church.

Most of us would not even begin her commitment to service; precious few would have continued in times of doubt.

We can't claim to pass a test before we have taken; and we never know what tests lie before us.

[Judith Anne]

Well said. It is clear that if Calvin’s kids suffered the same doubts as Mother Teresa, they would not persevere, they’d just drop it and walk away from the call of Christ.

Frankly, I shudder to think why anyone would denigrate Mother Teresa’s example. Perhaps they are trying to discourage other Catholics from persisting in service to God. If so, and if they are successful, then God will not hold them blameless.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

We can't claim to pass a test before we have taken;

Christ says otherwise.

"Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God." -- Luke 12:8-9

At the moment of her death she may have received faith in Christ and believed. We will never know. But we do know that for 40-plus years before that moment she said she had lost her faith and doubted God's existence and had stopped praying.