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- Episode 158 -- Come Be My Light Conclusion 1 -- Carry Me into the Holes of the Poor
What made Mother Teresa unique among God's saints?
The length of her interior darkness; the way she grasped the "'painful thirst' in the Heart of Jesus for the poorest of the poor." Her special way of sharing in Christ’s own thirst on the Cross.
14 min - 15 min
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- Episode 155 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.14 -- She is Just Looking and Looking and Looking at that BOX
What made Mother comfortable and quiet in hospital?
Her Hindu doctor could not explain it. But when the priests brought the box to the room, Mother, even in her greatest final illnesses would be quiet and calm. The doctor told the priests, bring her the box. What box was he talking about? The tabernacle.
8 min - Episode 154 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.13 -- I am so Happy to Give HIM this Gift
Did Mother take advice in her later years?
Yes. In 1995, she made a trip to the USA. When she was in Charlotte, she met her old friend Bishop Curlin. They spoke about her interior emptiness. She liked the advice he gave her.
9 min - Episode 153 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.12 -- Something Truly Beautiful for God -- Come Be My Light ch 13.12
Did anything change as she got closer to death?
Her letters got shorter. One of Mother’s great tasks as Superior was communication with all the houses and various leaders in the Church. She also had much personal correspondence to keep up with among those who loved her. As she got closer to death, her correspondences were more brief. She loved to tell people to make “something beautiful for God.”
6 min - Episode 152 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.11 -- Without Counting the Cost
How did Mother live towards the end of her life?
Like a simple sister. She was still the Superior General, but she did not give herself exemptions. She was up early. She was the first to the chapel. She washed the dishes. She lived a humble life.
9 min - Episode 151 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.10 -- I Satiate Your Thirst with My Love and the Suffering of My Heart
As Mother Teresa got closer to the end of her life, did she continue to be helped by priests?
Yes. In fact, one of the most inspiring helps she received in 1993 was through the writings of the Pope himself, the Bishop of Rome. Around the same time, she received her last letter from her long time spiritual director, Fr Van Exem, S.J.
18 min - Episode 150 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.9 -- In the Name of God and in the Name of the Poor
What did Mother Teresa do about the 1990 US-Iraq war?
She prayed. She pleaded. She wrote a letter to George Bush and Saddam Hussein. She went to Iraq and opened a house there. Her reaction to being in the Middle East is remarkable.
12 min - Episode 149 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.8 -- Be Only All for Jesus through Mary
How many words did Mother Teresa use to summarize the Gospel?
Five. You-did-it-to-me. She took these words from St Matthew's Gospel. Our Lord said that he will separate the sheep from the goats based on these five words. As a Mother and a teacher, St Teresa of Calcutta found ways to plant this truth deep into the hearts of her followers.
10 min
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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.