From the Mouth of Mother Teresa

A few weeks ago in her sermon, Mother Mary talked about Mother Teresa’s perserverence. It occurred to me that although I had grown up knowing the name Mother Teresa, I actually knew nothing about the woman herself. So, I picked up a book from the library.

What a remarkable story. It is amazing what one tiny person was able to accomplish so much. But I tell you what I found even more amazing than all of her accomplishments….the fact that she actually doubted that God was speaking to her. Imagine! People came from nowhere to lend assistance, money appeared at the exact time it was needed, one by one she established more facilities to lend the necessary aid. Her work spread from Calcutta to all across the world. And yet, she doubted that God heard her.

If this tiny woman who could move mountains suffered doubt, is it any wonder that the rest of us do? That somehow, was reassuring to me.

Some of my favorite quotes from Mother Teresa:

“In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.”
“There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”
“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”
“Each of them is Jesus in diguise.”
“Joy is the net of love by which you can catch souls.”