Mother Teresa Come Be My Light The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta by Mother Teresa & Brian Kolodiejchuk
Brand: Three Rivers Press
Product Description
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in historyMother Teresa. During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick the dying and thousands of others nobody else was prepared to look after has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world. Little is known however about her own spiritual heights or her struggles. This collection of her writing and reflections almost all of which have never been made public before sheds light on Mother Teresas interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time. Compiled and presented by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk M.C. who knew Mother Teresa for twenty years and is the postulator for her cause for sainthood and director of the Mother Teresa Center Mother Teresa brings together letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journeyincluding moments indeed years of utter desolationthese letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith a true dark night of the soul. If I ever become a Saint I will surely be one of darkness. I will continually be absent from Heaven to light the light of those in darkness on earth. Mother Teresa show more
Condition : New
Author : Mother Teresa Brian Kolodiejchuk
Weight : 446.59
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780307589231
ISBN10 : 0307589234
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20091229
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 131 X 203 X 23mm