Why did Mother Teresa not want people to be sad for her?
God was doing something great. As her spiritual fathers grasped her interior suffering, they sometimes expressed sorrow for her state. Mother Teresa was very firm. Do not be sad for me, she insisted.

Why did Mother Teresa not want people to be sad for her? God was doing something great. As her spiritual fathers grasped her interior suffering, they sometimes expressed sorrow for her state. Mother Teresa was very firm. Do not be sad for me, she insisted.

Episode 121 -- No Reason to Be Sad -- Come Be My Light ch 11.14

St Philip Neri in the 16th century would gather those each day who were desirous of seeking Christian perfection. He would read from a spiritual book and then discourse on the meaning of what was read. This podcast (and the nightly prayer group from which it springs) seeks to carry on St Philip’s method of helping people become holy, even saints, in their own homes.

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Episode 121 -- No Reason to Be Sad -- Come Be My Light ch 11.14

Episode 121 -- No Reason to Be Sad -- Come Be My Light ch 11.14