In Times of Darkness, Learn From St. Teresa of Calcutta's Total Trust in Jesus

In times of darkness, learn from St. Teresa of Calcutta's total trust in Jesus

Rarely is a saint’s wisdom as universally accepted as that of modern holy woman Teresa of Calcutta. During her lifetime, her work serving the poorest of the poor was extolled by people both within and without the Catholic Church, as evidenced by her reception of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, India’s Padma Shri award and the Nobel Peace Prize, among other honors. Many of her sayings resonated with her contemporaries and have since found thei…

Teresa of Calcutta’s Mission to the Poorest of the Poor - Catholic Insight

As universities gear up to receive students, we should leave the travails of this world for a moment and ponder the other-worldliness of Mother Saint Teresa of Calcutta (+1997) who did not go to university, but who was nevertheless far better educated and formed than most modern graduates: Solidly grounded in what we would now know as the basic liberal arts, as everyone did in those days, young Anjeze Bojaxhiu was a polyglot, fluent in five lang…

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa was born in Skopje on 26 August 1910. Despite her small stature, she was unwavering in her mission to declare God’s immense love for humanity, particularly the extremely impoverished. “God still loves the world and sends us to be His love and compassion for the poor,” she proclaimed. Born as Gonxha Agnes to parents Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, her journey of faith began early. She received her First Communion at five and was confirme…