“I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever, she was in her last days, and her only lament was: ‘My son did this to me.’ I begged her: You must forgive your son. In a moment of madness, when he was not himself, he did a thing [...]
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” –Mother Teresa
The above words were spoken by Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa began teaching in 1929. She taught girls at St. Mary’s High School. The high school was in Calcutta.
Calcutta is in India. In 1929, it was a place where the [...]
I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper’s wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?” –1974 Interview with Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was born on August 27, 1910, to Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu in Skopje. Skopje is in Macedonia. She died September 5, 1997.
Though [...]
When Mother Teresa was 18 years old, she entered a convent in India. (A convent is where nuns live.) Mother Teresa studied very hard, and on May 24, 1931, she received her first vows. (A vow is a promise. A promise is forever.)
Though Mother Teresa did not grow up poor, she promised to care [...]
Please choose the way of peace…In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.” –Letter to US President Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, January 1991
Though Mother Teresa died [...]
“Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy. Let us pray.” –Mother Teresa
Though Mother Teresa died in 1997, I sometimes like to pretend she didn’t.
Just like in a play, in a TV program, or in a movie, I like to create [...]