Lectio et Oratio

How did Mother react after she got her pacemaker?

She kept going strong! This medical procedure coincided with the fall of the iron curtain. Suddenly formerly Communist countries were open to missionaries. Mother visited and brought her sisters. What she found was an intense hunger for God.

Did Mother long to hear the voice of Jesus again?

Yes. On September 10, Mother Teresa had her inspiration day.  In a way similar to St Paul, she heard Christ speak to her. He asked her repeatedly to bring His light to the slums. Years later, a priest was told by Christ to give her a message. Mother’s reaction is very interesting!

How did Mother keep going? She loved. Her life is a witness to the primacy of love. Despite all feelings, she chose to follow the path she knew pleased Jesus.

Did Mother ever consult priests in North America about her interior darkness?

Yes. She was close friends with a priest and later bishop of Charlotte, William Curlin. Bishop Curlin testified especially to her sense of being far from God even when praying before the Blessed Sacrament.

Why did Mother Teresa long to open so many house in the world?

To conquer the world for love. She wanted to place a tabernacle in all these countries so that she and her sisters could bring Jesus everywhere. She wanted Our Lord to be loved. Mother longed to hand on to others the One she loved with all her heart. The secret to being a missionary is one’s own love for Christ.

What did Mother Teresa discover was worse than physical disease? 

The feeling of being unloved and unwanted. The more Mother travelled, the more she discovered different kinds of sufferings. She had begun the work of the Missionaries of Charity with the poorest of the poor in Calcutta. She wanted to quench the thirst of Christ in these poor. Christ was in them thirsting to be loved. But Mother gradually realized that even those with the worst physical diseases are not the greatest sufferers.