{"id":8398,"date":"2002-11-30T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-30T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/11\/30\/mystical-mother-teresa\/"},"modified":"2002-11-30T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2002-11-30T22:33:00","slug":"mystical-mother-teresa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/11\/mystical-mother-teresa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystical Mother Teresa"},"content":{"rendered":"

At that time, Mother Teresa worked in Calcutta, India, as
\na religious of the Sisters of Loreto. During her prayer, Christ asked her to go
\nout into the streets and proclaim him among the abandoned of India, especially
\ngirls.
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“How could I?” she wrote. “I have been and am very happy
\nas a Loreto nun. To leave that what I love and expose myself to new labors and
\nsuffering, which will be great, to the laughingstock of so many, especially
\nreligious, to cling and choose deliberately the hard things of an Indian life,
\nto loneliness and ignominy, to uncertainty? And all because Jesus wants it,
\nbecause something is calling me to leave all and gather the few to live His
\nlife, to do His work in India.” <\/p>\n

In her prayers, particularly her
\nCommunions, Jesus constantly asked her: “‘Wilt thou refuse? When there was a
\nquestion of Thy soul I did not think of Myself but gave Myself freely for thee
\non the Cross and now, what about thee? Wilt thou refuse? I want Indian nuns,
\nvictims of my love.'” Mother Teresa explained all this in a letter to her
\nspiritual director and to the archbishop. <\/p>\n

“My own Jesus, what you ask is
\nbeyond me,” the then Sister Mary Teresa responded. “I can hardly understand half
\nof the things you want. I am unworthy. I am sinful. I am weak. Go, Jesus, and
\nfind a more worthy soul, a more generous one.” <\/p>\n

“Are you afraid now to
\ntake one more step for Your Spouse, for Me, for souls?” Christ said, according
\nto the nun. “Is your generosity grown cold? Am I a second to you? You did not
\ndie for souls. That is why you don’t care what happens to them. Your heart was
\nnever drowned in sorrow as was my Mother’s. We both gave our all for souls, and
\nyou? You are afraid that you will lose your vocation, you will become a secular,
\nyou will be wanting in perseverance.” <\/font><\/p>\n

“No — your vocation is to love and suffer and save souls
\nand by taking the step you will fulfil My Heart’s desire for you. You will dress
\nin simple Indian clothes or rather like My Mother dressed, simple and poor. Your
\npresent habit is holy because it is My symbol. Your sari will become holy
\nbecause it will be My symbol,” Christ insisted, according to the text.
\n
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“Jesus, my own Jesus, I am only Thine,” the nun answered.
\n“I am so stupid. I do not know what to say, but do with me whatever you wish, as
\nyou wish, as long as you wish. I love you not for what you give, but for what
\nYou take. Jesus, why can’t I be a perfect Loreto nun, a real victim of Your love
\nhere? Why can’t I be like everybody else? Look at the hundreds of Loreto nuns
\nwho have served You perfectly, who are now with you. Why can’t I walk the same
\npath and come to you?” <\/p>\n

She added: “Don’t allow me to be deceived, I am
\nso afraid. This fear makes me see how much I love myself. I am afraid of the
\nsuffering that will come by living life in the Indian way, dressing like them,
\neating with them, sleeping with them, living with them without ever being able
\nto do anything that I will. To what degree my own convenience has taken
\npossession of my soul.” <\/p>\n

Christ calmed her by describing what the future
\nwould be like: “I want Indian nuns, Missionaries of Charity, who would be my
\nfire of love amongst the poor, the sick, the dying, and the little children. The
\npoor I want you to bring to me and the Sisters that would offer their lives as
\nvictims of My love will bring these souls to Me. You are, I know, the most
\nincapable person, weak and sinful, but just because you are that, I want to use
\nyou for My glory. Will Thou refuse?” <\/p>\n

“‘Little one, give me souls,” Jesus
\ninsisted, according to the nun. “Give me the souls of the poor little street
\nchildren. How it hurts, if you only knew, to see these poor children soiled with
\nsin. I long for the purity of their love. If you would only answer and bring me
\nthese souls. Draw them away from the hands of the evil one. If you only knew how
\nmany little ones fall into sin every day. There are plenty of nuns to look after
\nthe rich and well-to-do people, but for my very poor, there are absolutely none.
\nFor them I long, them I love. Wilt thou refuse?” Some weeks went by. Then, on
\nJan. 6, 1948, Archbishop Perier called Mother Teresa and said: “You may go
\nahead.”<\/font> [ZENIT full
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In a time when the media is concentrating on Mother Teresa’s
\ndoubts it is always good to remember the fruits of her wrestling with
\nGod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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