What can we learn from Mother Theresa of Calcutta?”
Mother Theresa was a persistent servant of God and humanity. She heeded God’s call to His service and persisted to the end of her life. In her books, “A Simple Path” and “Come Be My Light”, I have come to appreciate this little giant. She clearly was a true follower of Jesus in her work with the poorest and sickest people. I was especially moved by her welcoming of gravely sick people around the world (who could not actively perform the charitable works) to share in the service by becoming “other selves” of “The Sisters of Charity”. Mother Theresa did not judge anyone who she tried to help. She respected other faiths and encouraged all people to engage in prayer in their own tradition. She appears to have suffered from burnout (darkness, loneliness) by so identifying with those who were so desperately poor and gravely ill. A skeptical segment of the media spun her personal experience (as documented in “Come Be My Light”) into an opportunistic slander; they fostered the idea that she do
