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This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history.
During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick, the dying, and thousands of others nobody else was prepared to look after has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world. Little is known, however, about her own spiritual heights or her struggles. This collection of her writing and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time.
Compiled and presented by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., who knew Mother Teresa for twenty years and is the postulator for her cause for sainthood and director of the Mother Teresa Center, MOTHER TERESA brings together letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journey?including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation?these letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true dark night of the soul.
Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of her death, MOTHER TERESA is an intimate portrait of a woman whose life and work continue to be admired by millions of people.
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Summary: Too much editorializing
I did not enjoy this book, and it is not a balanced view of Mother Teresa. The author of the book has some opinions about the spiritual life and uses a selection of Mother Teresa's writings to make his point. In essence, he uses Mother Teresa's biography to demonstrate his views. This is disappointing.
The writings he uses beg to be reconciled in a consistent way with the rest of Mother Teresa's life and sayings. Joy and peace were radiated by Mother Teresa, but this book would make all of that seem like a grim "faking it" instead of authentic. I like having access to these previous withheld writings, but I did not like the way the author handled or analyzed the writings. The book is much more about his analysis than the writings of Mother Teresa. It would have been better to bind her writings without the analysis.
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Summary: Insight
Excellent book. Easy to read. Gives insight into Mother Teresa's dark night of the soul. Very uplifting. Encouraging to any of us who "walk in the dark".
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Summary: Astonishing
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was famed for her lovely sweet smile and dogged persistence in her lonvg service to the poorest of the poor and advocacy for all the defenseless. Until the publications of these searing, most private letters to her spiritual director no one knew how deeply she shared -as she prayed at the outset of her great work- the utter abandonment of the poor, the sick, and the dying, abandoned even by the slightest perception of God's loving presence. This book shows her to be a MUCH GREATER saint than one ever imagined, not just an outstanding idealist and effective do-gooder, but a person to whom had been given a supreme gift... the gift of absolute Divine Absence. Writers and mystics describe and discuss the Apophatic way as if it is something which is beautiful, poetic, lovely. Mother Teresa in her letters to her spiritual director showed that it is a burning fire and a crucifixion which is beautiful only to the onlooker. Luckily, we have the opportunity to share in the deepest experience of a supreme mystic through the words of this book.
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Summary: A Beautiful Book
This book is an excellent spiritual classic. It delves into Mother Teresa inner spiritual life and opens up a wealth of treasures. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Wonderful tribute to a holy person
Mother Teresa is a wonderful inspiration to us all. She is human and shows us her humanity with this book. I see and feel so much by reading this book! Wow!!!
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