Nowadays we have found medicine for leprosy and lepers can be cured. There's medicine for TB and consumptives can be cured.
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For all kinds of diseases the When asked by Muggeridge about giving the poor "things they needed," Mother Theresa answers, "It is not very often things they need. For all kinds of diseases there are medicines and cures. But for being unwanted, except there are [those] willing to serve and there's a loving heart, I don't think this terrible disease can be cured. Jan 16, Meredith rated it really liked it Shelves: Though I did not agree on all points of Mother Theresa's theology or priorities, I found this to be an inspiring and convicting account of her story and purpose.
It's not a biography, so don't expect a beginning-to-end presentation of her life. Aug 22, Phillip rated it it was amazing. The wise reader of this book and of other books featuring individuals who operate in extreme ranges will shrug off the inclination to despair of their own mediocrity in the light of overwhelming excellence and take what they read as encouragement to strive towards higher levels themselves. Mother Teresa's total commitment to dwell with and bless the lives of those who are among the most unwanted people of the world represents a total commitment to her religion.
She channels her love for God in The wise reader of this book and of other books featuring individuals who operate in extreme ranges will shrug off the inclination to despair of their own mediocrity in the light of overwhelming excellence and take what they read as encouragement to strive towards higher levels themselves.
She channels her love for God into her service to those whom the Lord so often championed in his mortal ministry. Her unwavering focus, though daunting to someone like me who tries to balance, work, family, recreation, and church not necessarilyl in that order prompts me to consider what kind of fluff I can cast out to make my life of more significance.
Beyond looking at her philosophy and her work, the reader will find the voice of the writer, Matthew Muggeridge, open to the good work that is being accomplished, accepting of miracles, yet standoffish about making a religious commitment, thus posing the question to the reader, where do we draw the lines of our commitment to our beliefs. Apr 05, Jeanette rated it it was amazing. This book is utterly beautiful, true to its title. It amazed me the effect Mother Teresa can have on you just through a book--the writing is lovely, but it is she who makes it such a touching experience to read.
I completely believe what the author says about how it changed people to just be in her presence. After years of having mainly academic discussions about the faith and trying to keep up with theological arguments, it was humbling to be reminded that theology is important only as much as This book is utterly beautiful, true to its title.
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After years of having mainly academic discussions about the faith and trying to keep up with theological arguments, it was humbling to be reminded that theology is important only as much as it helps us understand the value and beauty of holding a dying stranger in your arms and just loving them. It seems to me it is the only way we can understand that. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference towards one's neighbor who lives at the roadside assaulted by exploitation, corruption, poverty, and disease.
May 28, Sara rated it it was amazing. Second reading August First reading May What a beautiful book. This was the first authorized book about Blessed Teresa of Calcutta ever written. Mother did not want a biography written about her. Instead, this book is a peek into the work of The Missionaries of Charity. The first half of the book is narrative. The second half of the book is taken from the transcripts of the movie interviews. While much more is known about Mother now, this book has the advantage of being the first book a Second reading August First reading May While much more is known about Mother now, this book has the advantage of being the first book and one that so beautifully captures the spirit and energy of this saint of Calcutta.
I have read many books about Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, this one is indispensable to any admirer of this holy woman's work. Aug 20, Matt Bianco rated it it was amazing Shelves: Malcolm Muggeridge is a great writer. He writes very well, and his insights gained through his relationship with Mother Teresa are exceptional. What was most interesting about this book was that I felt as though I had both gotten to Mother Teresa better and also Malcolm Muggeridge better.
At one point, I even imagined my daughter going to Calcutta! Jan 04, Mary Alice rated it it was amazing Shelves: I've always wanted to read this and found it for 87 cents.
So this pauper is content crawling under the covers at this moment. It's is a gem of a little book. An excellent master piece. Jul 30, Kelly rated it really liked it. Mother Teresa never wrote an autobiography and instead preferred to focus her time on being with and caring for people. This book is a short pages long and gives a close biographical account of her life history and how she started the Missionaries of Charity. Something Beautiful for God also includes documentation on her "Way of Love" and the Missionaries of Charity creeds on silence, humility, holiness, prayer and joy.
Written from the perspective of a British Journalist, Muggeridge shares Mother Teresa never wrote an autobiography and instead preferred to focus her time on being with and caring for people. Written from the perspective of a British Journalist, Muggeridge shares his observations, experiences, and conversations with Mother Teresa.
My favorite part of the book are transcriptions of his interviews with her that take place while volunteering in Calcutta at the Home for the Dying. The prose is truly of a journalist and stories are inserted throughout the book with his personal reflections on the personhood of Mother Teresa and the way her love shines God's love more clearly in the world.
This read inspired and challenged me to reflect on the ways I show love to others, especially those that society seems to overlook. Mother Teresa's way of life pushes me to remember the importance of cultivating compassion and kindness and putting love into action. Some of my favorite quotations: I do not agree with the big way of doing things. To us what matters is an individual.
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To get to love the person we must come in close contact with him. If we wait till we get the numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers. And we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person. I believe in person to person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is only one person in the world for me at that moment. In these twenty years of work amongst the people, I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience But for being unwanted, except there are willing hands to serve and there's a loving heart to love, I don't think this terrible disease can ever be cured.
That it falls upon one and all in differing degrees and forms whose comparison lies beyond our competence. That it belongs to God's purpose for us here on earth, so that, in the end, all the experience of living has to teach us is to say: Thy will be done.
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This is one of those books that sort of fell off the shelf and landed in my hands. I found it at the Pilgrim in Calgary and have read it a few times now. In part a biography of Mother Teresa's life, Muggeridge's account of his interactions with her and her life are humbling, inspiring, disillusioning, and unsettling. His sceptical intellect and struggle to believe is perfectly counter-balanced and finally This is one of those books that sort of fell off the shelf and landed in my hands.
His sceptical intellect and struggle to believe is perfectly counter-balanced and finally outweighed by Mother Teresa's confident belief in her Lord and total surrender to His will in her love for the poor. It's interesting to witness through the pages how a writer and journalist can be used to both relay experience and also document how those eye witness accounts changed him in the process.
As an example, here's one of my favourite lines belonging to Muggeridge that is written in the book: A truly lovely read. Aug 26, James Davis rated it liked it Shelves: I love Mother Theresa's rebuttal against defeatists who were critical against her for attempting to make a positive difference in the world and who argued that a major collective solution is required and that individual action to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and take care of the poor are useless efforts because they won't make a meaningful impact.
I wish everyone took the responsible approach that she did. She took Christ's teaching serious and applied them in her own humble way. If everyone had her attitude, there wouldn't be the level of impoverishment, entitlement, greed, covetousness and moral laziness that exists today.
A portion of the book was an interview between her and the author. Contrasting her responses to the authors questions and commentary shined a light on an important principle that those professing christianity aren't typically good about: As indicated by the title of the book, she sought to praise God and bring people to Christ. When asked about her goodness, she pointed out that it's only God working through her. Nov 07, Terry Earley rated it really liked it. I am such an admirer of Mother Teresa that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, though it tended to make me feel like I should be doing so much more to serve the Savior.
I could not put it down. She inspires me to be more thoughtful and Christlike, seeing Him in everyone I serve. Unfortunately, I cannot find the documentary, Something Beautiful for God", anywhere. All links come back to this book and to descriptions of the film.
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I highly recommend this short volume, just pages o I am such an admirer of Mother Teresa that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, though it tended to make me feel like I should be doing so much more to serve the Savior. I highly recommend this short volume, just pages of meaningful reading, and the answer to the New Testament verses in Matthew I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Our Lady did nothing else in Cana but thought of the needs of others and made their needs known to Jesus. The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody. Only in heaven we will see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them. But I knew it was his work, that it will live and bring much good. It is lacking because there is so much selfishness and so much gain only for self.
But faith to be true has to be a giving love. Love and faith go together. They complete each other. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Christianity is not about the numbers: On the smallness of the work: We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.
Apostle of the unwanted: The poor help us much more: Why faith is lacking: Order early to avoid shipping delays. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Mother Teresa struggled intensely in her spiritual life. And this makes what she accomplished even more extraordinary and her example more meaningful to me. Her ministry, based as it was on a singularly intimate encounter with Jesus that would gradually fade into silence, whether lengthy or lifelong, is a remarkable testimony of fidelity. Our work at Our Lady Queen of Peace was to wash, dress, and care for the men who lived in the hospice.
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Modesty prevented the sisters from showering and dressing the men they did so for the women ; the sisters employed one elderly Jamaican man for the task. But since he was unable to wash the dozens of men in the hospice by himself, Bill and I were put to work. Simple tasks, really, but also grim work to which I never grew accustomed. In the early morning, Bill and I would be greeted by a phalanx of poor, elderly Jamaican men seated placidly on cheap plastic seats in the courtyard, awaiting their showers.
Leading them into the steamy bathroom, I first had to help the men out of their clothes. More often than not, their pants were wet with urine or stained from where they had soiled themselves during the night. This made the otherwise straightforward act of undressing them an ordeal, as I struggled to pull the dirty clothes off them while I knelt on the wet tiled floor in the bathroom.
Next I guided them into one of the showers. One man, named Ezekiel, was blind and so needed practically to be lifted into the shower. Then I would reach around the men, turn on the water, and help them wash themselves. Ezekiel often used this time to blow his nose, blowing snot through one nostril while closing the other with his finger. I had to be fast on my feet to stay out of firing range. This was an opportunity to chat with everyone, and since the showers were completed I was in a good mood.
Bill and I could rest for a few minutes before turning our attention to other duties, the least appealing of which was clipping toenails. As much as I wanted to envision myself as a sort of Jesuit-style Mother Teresa, as much as I desired to find Christ in all the people, and as much as I tried to be mindful during my ministry, at the beginning of my time at the hospice I found the work revolting.
Bill seemed to take more easily to the work than I did, which only added to my frustration and sense of failure. I felt that because I was a Jesuit, these most Christian of tasks should somehow be easier for me.