Mother Teresa is the personification of mercy and compassion reaching out to alleviate the suffering of millions the world over. She is one of those rare persons who transcended all barriers of race, religion, creed and nationality. Mother Teresa started her mission, the Missionaries of Charity, with just a fiver and she has built up a sort of holy empire the donations to which would stagger many an entrepreneur with mind-boggling figures-with an annual donation estimate of about 100 crores. Although wedded to a life of penance and continence, suffering and endurance, the Mother always exuded a benign smile all around. She was bestowed with the Bharat Ratna and the Nobel Peace Prize and she has already been beatified as prelude to her canonization for her benign services.
Little is known, however, about her own spiritual heights or her struggles. This collection of letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life.
Inspired by the life and philosophy of one of the 20th centuryas most remarkable humanitarians, this book combines compelling photographs of Mother Teresa with quotations from her most inspiring speeches and writings to capture the true ...
Blessed Mother Teresa
Examines the life of a Catholic woman, teacher, and missionary who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for aiding the poor and dying in India.
Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life.
This book is a glimpse into her extraordinary faith,work, and life.
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Mother Teresa is one such name. Does Mother Teresa deserve her reputation as the most charitable person who ever lived ? This book makes for a gripping but disconcerting read."--Publisher's description.
A biography of Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Macedonia, from her childhood to her death in 1997.
The book also covers her illness, death, funeral, the new leadership of her order, and her probable canonization.