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To: stfassisi
I'm not elevating myself in the slightest. I'm quoting Mother Teresa who was presented here as a model of Christian perfection.

But she was not. And it is foolish to say she was. It's foolish and destructive to true Christianity to elevate to sainthood a woman who said she did not believe in Christ, who lost her faith for the last 50 years of her life and who taught others that all faiths are equally valid.

That is not how I have learned Christ. Nor you, I would hope.

7,467 posted on 09/28/2010 9:47:56 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Dear Sister, Mother Teresa continued to love others resisting her trials of faith.

Can you even imagine seeing dying child after dying child in your arms day by day and waking up each morning to see this horror over and over for years?

People who love much are tempted and persecuted much in this world.

Read the lives of the Saints.

Good Night!


7,477 posted on 09/28/2010 9:54:59 PM PDT by stfassisi ((The greatest gift God gives us is that of overcoming self"-St Francis Assisi)))
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"I'm quoting Mother Teresa who was presented here as a model of Christian perfection."

Perfection only exists in God who is infinitely perfect. Mother Teresa is to be appreciated, emulated, loved and venerated. She will be recognized by the Church as a role model. Perhaps like St. Jude, Mother Teresa will be named a Patron Saint of lost causes and despair.

7,491 posted on 09/28/2010 10:08:59 PM PDT by Natural Law (A lie is a known untruth expressed as truth. A liar is the one who tells it.)
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