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This is the difference between Mohan Bhagawat and Mother Theresa ================= From: Aubrey Corda <[email protected]>Dear Sri,Blessed Mother Teresa does not need anybody to defend her name or her work. Neither can anybody take away from her the work she has done and the lives she has touched. The saintly life she lived and the lives she has touched is what matters nothing else. When she started her work, Mother Teresa could never have imagined that she would one day be a Nobel Laureate and a Bharat Ratna. That she would receive a state funeral and a 21 gun salute on her death and then beatified by the Church. She did it because she saw the image and likeness of God in each and every one. Only a person deeply in love with mankind would do the work she and her sisters do, and, it is the love they receive from the people they serve that gives them the strength to keep doing it day after day, year after year. As a school boy I would often visit the home not far from where I lived to talk to the inmates and help them with simple chores like shaving or bathing. So I have seen them and their work first hand. Those critical of her work should spend their time and energies doing at least a little of what she did and accomplished in her life that endeared her as a living saint to persons of all nationalities and religions. Only those incapable of any good or value acts of mercy done at the calling of God who is merciful are the ones out to tarnish the name of a saint. It is unfortunate that false propagandists of forced conversions by Christian missionaries have had to stoop so low in targeting Mother Teresa. But with this attempt they have definitely managed to score a self goal.May Blessed Mother Teresa intercede for God's choicest blessings upon those who wish to tarnish her name. If she were alive she would certainly be praying from them. I would like to end with her words "If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are" Thank you and best regards,Aubrey ============= What was Mother Teresa's views on conversion? LDM25th February 2015 Statement of Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Postulator of the Cause of Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa Since Mother Teresa’s aims in serving the poorest of the poor in India and elsewhere have been questioned recently, I would like to make the following clarifications. Mother Teresa offered tender, loving care to those most in need, the poorest of the poor, all over the world independently of their race, color, nationality, cast or creed. In each human being, she saw a child of God, created for greater things: to love and to be loved. Respecting this innate value and dignity of each person, she endeavored to bring this love where it was lacking, offering her humble service to whoever was in need, without considering their religious affiliation. Mother Teresa believed that conversion is a work of God and that faith is a gift. She respected every person, including atheists or agnostics, and respected the faith they had or even lacked. Here is a short testimony of someone who was closely associated with Mother Teresa for 23 years: “I am a Hindu and I never saw the slightest evidence in all my 23 years of knowing Mother Teresa in the Missionaries of Charity, of converting. … When I asked her whether she converted, she answered, ‘Yes, I convert. I convert you to be a better Hindu, or a better Muslim, or a better Protestant, or a better Catholic, or a better Parsee, or a better Sikh, or a better Buddhist. And after you have found God, it is for you to do what God wants you to do.’ ” She wanted people to come closer to God (however they understood Him) and believed that in this way they would also come closer to each other, love one another, and ultimately create a world that is better for everyone to live in. The Constitutions of the Missionaries of Charity state: “We shall not impose our Catholic Faith on anyone, but have profound respect for all religions, for it is never lawful for anyone to force others to embrace the Catholic Faith against their conscience.” This reflects the intention of Mother Teresa herself, and the Missionaries of Charity follow in her footsteps.
