Faith is not a spiritual Prozac that permits the faithful to giddily step over the bodies of the dead and dying and never ask the purpose or reason for the suffering.
Even though enlightened by Him in whom it believes, faith is often lived in darkness and can be put to the test. The world we live in often seems very far from the one promised us by faith. Our experiences of evil and suffering, injustice and death, seem to contradict the Good News; they can shake our faith and become a temptation against it.
Saints are not those who never contemplate and doubt, they are those who overcome their doubts and reaffirm their faith. They trust in God when their human limitations and weaknesses are tested.
I will not pity Mother Teresa as I pity you. On any given day Mother Teresa gave more of herself, shared more Christianity and exhibited more beatitude before noon than you have in your entire life.
Those who can find so little charity in their lives that they can judge Mother Teresa are the ones deserving of pity. I will continue to love and venerate Mother Teresa.
That statement shows that Roman Catholics do not understand faith or what it does in our lives.
"To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." -- Acts 26:18
Faith enlightens. With faith, there may be occasional doubt, but there is no enduring despair which is exactly what Mother Teresa experienced. Despair.
Saints are not those who never contemplate and doubt, they are those who overcome their doubts and reaffirm their faith.
Correct. And with that definition we can see Mother Teresa excluded herself by her own words.
I will not pity Mother Teresa as I pity you. On any given day Mother Teresa gave more of herself, shared more Christianity and exhibited more beatitude before noon than you have in your entire life.
Not only is that comment against the rules of the FR RF, but once again it is revealed that Roman Catholics do not understand the words of God. Mother Teresa did not "share Christianity." If she had, she would have preached Christ risen. And she said she didn't because she didn't believe it.
It's going to be fascinating when Rome makes her a saint. Then the world will see even more confirmation that faith in Christ is not a requirement for Rome.