Some of you may have noticed that Mother Teresa's personal letters were recently published in the book Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light. Apparently MT, despite that apparent joie de vivre we all saw on her face, was just bottling up her depression and anguish:
"I call, I cling, I want, and there is no one to answer, no, no one. Alone. Where is my faith? even deep down right in there is nothing. I have no faith. I dare not utter the words and thoughts that crowd in my heart. I am told God loves me, and yet the reality of the darkness and coldness and emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart?"
OK, I'll cut through the theological mumbo-jumbo for you - Mother T. was down 'cause she wasn't gettin' freakay-freakay. I think someone could have used JDate...
UPDATE: I have just found out that MTizzle actually set up a JDate account but then backed out at the last second and never posted it- here is the info she filled out:
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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She's a tiny little thing. I'd like to bend her over and have at it...
Ben. Allah; you're not the only one: http://www.amazon.com/Missionary-Position-Mother-Teresa-Practice/dp/185984054X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2578136-5018345?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189621941&sr=8-1
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