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We learn humility through accepting
humiliations cheerfully.
Mother Teresa, Joy In Loving. Guide
To Daily Living, Penguin Books, 1996,
S. 21, Penguin Books India, 1. March 2003

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Leben einer Mystikerin

Die albanische Mystikerin Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, die in jungen Jahren Visionen von Jesus hatte, erlangte unter dem Namen Mutter Teresa Weltruf. In westlichen Ländern wurde sie als "Heilige der Gosse" und als "Engel der Armen" bekannt – als eine
Frau, die selbstlose Nächstenliebe verkörpert.

Der Wendepunkt in ihrem Ordensleben ereignete sich am 10. September 1946 auf einer Zugreise nach Darjeeling. Im Alter
von 36 Jahren hörte sie die Stimme Jesu, der zu ihr sagte: Komm, sei mein Licht. Jesus hat ihr aufgetragen, in den Slums
mit Allerärmsten, Straßenkindern, Bettlern, Kranken und Sterbenden zu arbeiten.

1948 begann Mutter Teresa den Frauenorden der Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe mit zwölf Schwestern in der indischen Großstadt Kalkutta. Anerkannt wurde ihre Initiative von der römisch-katholischen Kirche erst zwei Jahre später im Jahr 1950. 2010 arbeiteten etwa 5000 Schwestern und 450 Brüder in über 710 Häusern in 137 Ländern für den Orden.

Als Mutter Teresa ihre Mission in den Slums von Kalkutta begann, verlor sie die Nähe zu Gott. Im Zuge ihrer bis zum Tode dauernden "Dunklen Nacht der Seele" verlor sie beinahe den Glauben an die Existenz Gottes, den sie nicht mehr fühlen
konnte.

Sie erhielt Ehrendoktortitel und 1979 den Friedensnobelpreis. Am 19. Oktober 2003 hat Papst Johannes Paul sie selig gesprochen. Ihre Heiligsprechung fand am 4. September 2016 statt, nachdem sie offiziell vom Papst bestätigt ein zweites Wunder erwirkt hatte.

Hinweis: Die albanisch-indische katholische Ordensgründerin Mutter Teresa stand unter anderem auch in Briefkontakt mit David R. Hawkins. Sie hat den Empfang des Manuskripts seines ersten Buchs Power vs. Force bestätigt.
Ihre vorgebliche "Widmung" im Buch Power vs. Force wurde von Hawkins fingiert.

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Zitate zum Thema Mutter Teresa / Mother Teresa

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Zitate von Mutter Teresa

Persönliche Bekenntnisse

Sollte ich je eine Heilige werden, werde ich sicherlich eine Heilige der "Dunkelheit" sein. Ich werde langfristig nicht im Himmel weilen, um das Licht derjenigen anzuzünden, die auf der Erde im Dunkeln leben.
⚡ Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, zitiert in: prezi.com

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Siehe auch: Sammer S. 22, Kolodiejchuk S. 119

Ich versuchte, unseren Herrn davon zu überzeugen, dass ich mich bemühen würde, eine sehr eifrige heilige Loreto-Schwester zu werden, eine wahre Sühneseele hier in dieser Berufung – doch Seine Antwort darauf war sehr deutlich: 'Ich möchte indische Missionaries of Charity – die mein Feuer der Liebe sein werden unter den ganz Armen – Kranken – den Sterbenden – den kleinen Straßenkindern. Ich möchte, dass du die Armen zu mir bringst – und die Schwestern, die ihr Leben als Sühneseelen aus Liebe darbringen, bringe diese Seelen zu mir.'
⚡ Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, zitiert in: Christian Feldmann, Mutter Teresa, Die Heilige von Kalkutta, Herder,
4. Auflage, April 2007

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Exzerpt aus einem Brief an einen vertrauten Beichtvater

Tief in meinem Innern ist nur Leere und Dunkelheit. Ich habe keinen Glauben – ich wage es nicht, die Worte und Gedanken auszusprechen, die mich so unbeschreiblich leiden lassen.
⚡ Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, Vater Dr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Herausgeber, kanadischer Priester, Komm, sei mein Licht! Die geheimen Aufzeichnungen der Heiligen von Kalkutta, Pattloch, München, 2. Auflage 5. September 2007

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Mutter Teresas Dunkle Nacht der Seele (Nox animi)

Alle "Geheimen Aufzeichnungen" von Mutter Teresa wurden in den drei-bändigen Seligsprechungs-Akten im Jahr 2002 hinterlegt. Im gleichen Jahr wurden sie von dem Redaktionsleiter Saverio Gaeta der katholischen Zeitung "Famiglia Cristiana" veröffentlicht.

In meinem Inneren ist es eiskalt. Der Himmel ist allseitig verschlossen. Ich habe keinen Glauben. Man erzählt mir, dass Gott mich liebt, jedoch ist die Realität von Dunkelheit und Kälte und Leere so überwältigend, dass nichts davon meine Seele berührt.
Mutter Teresa, zitiert in: Artikel Uups! – et orbi. Die Teresa-Tagebücher, präsentiert von dem deutschen Nachrichtenmagazin
Der Spiegel, Alexander Smoltczyk, 10. September 2007

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Exzerpt aus einem Brief an ihre Mitarbeiter

Ihr müsst in dieser Welt sein und seid doch nicht von dieser Welt. Das Licht, das ihr ausstrahlt, muss so rein sein, die Liebe, mit der ihr liebt, muss so brennend sein, der Glaube, durch den ihr glaubt, muss so überzeugend sein – dass man, wenn man euch sieht, wirklich nur Jesus sieht.
⚡ Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, Herausgeber Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Ph.D., kanadischer Priester, Komm, sei mein Licht! Die geheimen Aufzeichnungen der Heiligen von Kalkutta, S. 269f, Pattloch, München, 2. Auflage
5. September 2007

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Basis ihres Glaubens:

Gedruckt auf Mutter Teresa Visitenkarten

Die Frucht der Stille ist das Gebet.
Die Frucht des Gebetes ist der Glaube.
Die Frucht des Glaubens ist die Liebe.
Die Frucht der Liebe ist das Dienen.
Die Frucht des Dienens ist der Friede.

⚡ Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, zitiert in: Lucinda Vardey (*1949) britisch-kanadische Autorin, Mutter Teresa. Der einfache Weg, Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach, 3. Taschenbuchausgabe 30. September 1997, zitiert in: mat.univie.ac.at

Sie war als "Braut Christi" geradezu süchtig nach dem Leiden, dem eigenen und dem Anderer. Sie wollte Jesus in Schmerz, Elend und seelischer Not nahe sein, in den Gepeinigten begegnen:
- Der Platz Gottes in meiner Seele ist leer. S. 13
- Die Armen sind verbittert und leiden, weil sie nicht das Glück kennen, die die Armut mit sich bringen kann,
  wenn sie für Christus ertragen wird […]. S. 114
- Herr, mein Gott, wer bin ich, dass Du mich im Stich lassen solltest? Das Kind Deiner Liebe – das nun meistgehasste – dasjenige, das Du weggeworfen hast als unerwünscht – ungeliebt. S. 220
- Die Einsamkeit des Herzens, das nach Liebe verlangt, ist unerträglich. – Wo ist mein Glaube? – Selbst tief drinnen in meinem Innersten ist nichts als Leere und Dunkelheit. [...] Wenn es einen Gott gibt, verzeih mir bitte. S. 221
- Ich möchte eine Heilige werden, indem ich das Dürsten Jesu nach Liebe und nach Seelen stille. S. 172
- Was tust Du, Mein Gott, jemand so Kleinem an? S. 222
- In meiner Seele fühle ich eben diesen furchtbaren Schmerz des Verlustes – dass
  Gott mich nicht will – dass Gott nicht Gott ist – dass Gott nicht wirklich existiert. S. 227
- Leiden, Schmerz, Versagen – ist nichts anderes als ein Kuss von Jesus, ein Zeichen dafür, dass du Jesus
  am Kreuz so nahe gekommen bist, dass Er dich küssen kann. S. 327
- Wir sind keine Sozialarbeiter. Wir sind kontemplative [=beschauliche] Schwestern im Herzen der Welt.
  24 Stunden am Tag sind wir mit Jesus. S. 332
- Wir müssen das Dürsten eines unendlichen Gottes stillen, der vor Liebe stirbt. Nur totale Hingabe kann den brennenden Wunsch einer wahren Missionary of Charity erfüllen. Sein Sühneopfer zu sein – zu seiner Ver-
  fügung zu stehen. S. 383

⚡ Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Or-
densgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, Herausgeber Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Ph.D., kanadischer Priester, Komm,
sei mein Licht! Die geheimen Aufzeichnungen der Heiligen von Kalkutta, S. 172, Pattloch, München, 2. Auflage 5. September 2007

Hinweis: Beschreibung von Mutter Teresas innerer Not (anlässlich der Gründung ihres Ordens) ab dem Jahr 1950 bis zu ihrem Tod im Jahr 1997.

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Mutter Teresas Geheimnis: Beten ohne Unterlass

Journalist: Mutter Teresa, was ist Ihr Geheimnis?
Mutter Teresa: Das ist ganz einfach: ich bete.

Die Abtreibung ist die größte Gefahr für den Weltfrieden!
Rede von Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, Friedensnobelpreisverleihung, Oslo, Norwegen, 10. Dezember 1979

Referenz: de.Wikiquote-Eintrag ► Mutter Teresa

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Lebenshaltung – Mutter Teresas Empfehlung

Das Leben ist eine Chance, nutze sie.
Das Leben ist schön, schätze es.
Das Leben ist eine Wonne, koste sie.
Das Leben ist ein Traum, verwirkliche ihn.
Das Leben ist eine Herausforderung, nimm sie an.
Das Leben ist ein Spiel, spiel' es.
Das Leben ist kostbar, geh sorgsam damit um.
Das Leben ist ein Reichtum, bewahre ihn.
Das Leben ist Liebe, genieße sie.
Das Leben ist ein Rätsel, löse es.
Das Leben ist ein Versprechen, erfülle es.
Das Leben ist ein Lied, sing es.
Das Leben ist ein Kampf, nimm ihn auf.
Das Leben ist eine Tragödie, stell dich ihr.
Das Leben ist ein Abenteuer, wage es.
Das Leben ist Glück, behalte es.
Das Leben ist kostbar, zerstöre es nicht.
Das Leben ist Leben, erkämpf' es dir!

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DENNOCH – Haltung der Unerschütterlichkeit

DENNOCH

༺༻	Schattenverhalten	*Dennoch-Verhalten*
1.	Menschen sind oft unvernünftig, unlogisch und ichbezogen.	Vergib ihnen dennoch.
2.	Wenn du freundlich bist, kann es sein, dass andere dir eigennützige Motive und Hintergedanken vorwerfen.	Sei dennoch freundlich.
3.	Wenn du erfolgreich bist, gewinnst du möglicherweise einige falsche Freunde und einige regelrechte Feinde.	Sei dennoch erfolgreich.
4.	Wenn du ehrlich und offen bist, kann es sein, dass andere dich übers Ohr hauen.	Sei dennoch ehrlich und offen.
5.	Was du jahrelang aufgebaut hast, kann ein anderer über Nacht zerstören.	Baue es dennoch auf.
6.	Wenn du gelassen und glücklich bist, kann es sein, dass andere eifersüchtig sind.	Sei dennoch glücklich.
7.	Das Gute, das du heute tust, werden die Leute morgen oft schon vergessen haben.	Tue dennoch Gutes.
8.	Gib' der Welt das Beste, das du hast, auch wenn es nie genug sein wird.	Gib' der Welt dennoch dein Bestes.
9.	Letztendlich ist alles eine Sache zwischen dir und Gott; es war ohnehin nie eine Sache zwischen dir und den anderen.

Quelle: ► MutterTeresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische
katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, Gedicht Dennoch

Siehe auch: ► Schaumermal und ► Schatten

See also: ► "Anyway" – the attitude of steadfastness

Kent Keith schrieb das Gedicht ursprünglich im Jahr 1968. Mutter Teresa veränderte das Original etwas und ließ
den Text in der Wand ihres Kinderheims in Kalkutta eingravieren. Seither wurde ihr das Gedicht zugesprochen.

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Zitate von anderen Quellen über Mutter Teresa

Nonnen im Dienst für Jesus – nicht für Mitmenschen

Im Mutterhaus ließ Mutter Teresa eigens ein Schild aufhängen: "Sagt ihnen, wir sind nicht für die Arbeit hier, wir sind hier für Jesus. Wir sind vor allem religiös; wir sind keine Sozialarbeiter, keine Lehrer, keine Krankenpfleger, keine Ärzte. Wir sind Nonnen." Gelöschter Artikel Nehmen ist seliger denn geben, präsentiert von der deutschen Wochenzeitschrift Stern, Walter Wüllenweber, 10. September 1998

Mutter Teresas tiefe Jahrzehnte währende Glaubenskrise

Sobald Teresa ihr Ziel erreicht hat und die Missionaries of Charity gegründet sind, mit denen sie die Mutter Teresa wer-
den sollte, ist das Licht von oben auf einmal wie ausgeknipst, die Glut erloschen. Während der Messe empfindet sie
nichts mehr, beim Gebet bewegt sie nur noch die Lippen, in der Beichte bringt sie nichts heraus. »In meinem Innern
ist es eiskalt«, schreibt sie an ihren Bischof oder: "abgewiesen – leer – kein Glaube – keine Liebe – kein Eifer. – Die
Seelen ziehen mich nicht mehr an – der Himmel bedeutet nichts mehr – für mich schaut er wie ein leerer Platz aus."
Pater Brian Kolodiejchuk, Postulator des Heiligsprechungsprozesses, zitiert in: Artikel Keine Liebe, kein Glaube. Die Tagebücher der Mutter Teresa zeigen eine von tiefen Zweifeln erfasste Christin, präsentiert von der überregionalen deutschen Wochenzeitung
Die Zeit, Jan Roß, Nr. 38, 13. September 2007

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Unprofessionelle Hilfeleistungen

Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass Mutter Theresa sich zwar ein Krankenhaus zur Verfügung stellen ließ, aber den Fahrstuhl darin verhinderte, dass sie professionelle medizinische Geräte, die vielen Patienten Besserung oder vielleicht sogar Heilung verschaffen könnten, in ihren Sterbe- und Krankenhäusern nicht zuließ, dass die Schwestern beim Waschen von Leprakranken keine Handschuhe tragen durften, dass sie nicht-desinfizierte Spritzennadeln so oft verwendeten, bis sie stumpf waren, dass sie in einem neu für sie bereitgestellten Heim die Teppichböden heraus-
rissen und die Möbel zerschlugen. Dr. phil. habil., M. A. phil., Mag. theol. Marianne Sammer, deutsche Professorin für Kirchengeschichte und Patrologie, Mutter Teresa. Leben, Werk, Spiritualität, C.H. Beck Verlag, 23. August 2006, zitiert in: Artikel, präsentiert von der überregionalen deutschen Abonnement-Tageszeitung Frankfurter Rundschau (FR), S. 98f, 2006; erwähnt in: "Mutter" Teresa – Papst sprach "Todesengel" "heilig", präsentiert von Der Theologe, Nr. 94, Datum unbekannt

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Ethisch unverantwortliche Vorzeigeheilige

Durch ihren starken Glauben an ein Leben nach dem Tod taugt Mutter Teresa für den Vatikan durchaus zur Vorzeigeheiligen. Zum Vorbild für ethisch verantwort-
liches Handeln taugt sie nicht. Denn für eine Humanistin darf es nicht die wichtigste Aufgabe sein, Trost für die Sterbenden zu geben, sondern Hilfe für die Lebenden zu organisieren.
Hans Küng (1928-2021) Schweizer Theologe, römisch-katholischer Priester, emeritierter Professor für Ökumenische Theologie,
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Gründer und Präsident der Stiftung Weltethos, Autor, zitiert in: Gelöschter Artikel
Der Todesengel von Kalkutta, präsentiert von LoComNET, 26. August 2010

Referenz: de.Wikiquote-Eintrag ► Mutter Teresa

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Quotes by Mother Teresa

Personal avowals

If I ever become a Saint – I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from Heaven – to lit the light of those in darkness on earth.
⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian,
founder of the Order
of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, 1979, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Ph.D., Canadian priest, editor Come Be My Light. The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta, Doubleday Religion, 4. September 2007

I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord Himself.
Interview with ⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate (1979), 1974

Devotional avowal addressed to God

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
Significantly paraphrased/adapted version of a statement made by ⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, 1979, cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

Recommendations
This declaration written by Mother Teresa hung outside the Mother House referring to the public misconceptions regarding
her person and the MC order.

Tell them we are not here for work, we are here for Jesus. We are religious above all else. We are not social workers, not teachers, not doctors. We are nuns.
Blog article Mother Teresa: Where are her millions, presented by the website deeshaa.org, Walter Wuellenweber, September 1998

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. […] We need silence to be able to touch souls. ⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, beatified saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, 1979, A Gift for God. Prayers and Meditations, "Carriers of Christ's Love", 1975, HarperOne, reprint edition 26. August 2003

The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved – they are Jesus in disguise [...]. Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.
John Cusworth, Mother Teresa, paragraph 16, 28. September 2009

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence lights new light in the hearts of people. Nobel acceptance speech, Oslo City Hall, Norway, 10. December 1979

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Smile

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Nobel acceptance speech, Oslo City Hall, Norway, 10. December 1979

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Listen to the heart

There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives – the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
Cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

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Devotion

Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.
Cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

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Kindness

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

Conclusion

Saints are only sinners who keep trying.
⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of
the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1979, cited in: AZ Quotes

Quotations of Mother Teresa Mother Teresa on obedience and surrender, excerpted from the book Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Saint or a sinner depends on oneself.

Whether I become a saint or a sinner depends on me. So you see how very important obedience is. Our sanctity, after the grace of God depends upon our will. Don't waste time waiting for big things to do for God. You will not have the readiness to say yes to the great things if you do not train yourselves to say yes to the thousand-and-one occasions of obedience that come your way throughout the day.
Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Obedience – straight way to God

Right from the very beginning, learn to obey. It will lead you straight to God. You don’t have to ride this crooked life. There is a very straight way to the heart of Jesus. You will never, never go astray, never make a mistake, if you understand the difference. The superior who tells you to do this or do that may make a mistake. I may make a mistake and tell the Sisters do this and go here and go there. But that Sister who does what I tell her is infallible. So it is for you, members of the third order. This conviction is total surrender.
(March 8) Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Surrendering one's free will

To surrender means to offer him my free will, my reason, my own life in pure faith. My soul may be in darkness. Trial and suffering are the surest test of my blind surrender. (June 5) Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Living holocausts

Surrender is also true love. The more we surrender, the more we love God and souls. If we really love souls, we must be ready to take their place, to take their sins upon us and expiate them in us by penance and continual mortification. We must be living holocausts, for the souls need us as such.
(June 6) Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Prompt, simple, blind, and cheerful

Our obedience, by being prompt, simple, blind, and cheerful, is the proof of our faith. If God loves a cheerful giver, how much more would he not love a "cheerful obeyer"? Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Christ obeyed

Christ obeyed – unto death, even death on the cross. He saw the will of his Father in everything and everybody. […] He obeyed Caiaphas and Pilate because their authority was given "from above." He submitted to them with obedience and dignity. He did not look at the human limitations of Caiaphas and Pilate. He looked at his Father, for whose love he submitted himself to them. (October 25) Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

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Obedience

Obedience well lived frees us from selfishness and pride and so it helps us to find God and in him the whole world. Obedience is a special grace and it produces unfailing peace, inward joy, and close union with God.
(October 26) Jesus the Words to Be Spoken. Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Mother Teresa, compiled by Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, Servant Publications, 6th printing edition October 1986

Who is Jesus to me?
Jesus is the Word made Flesh.
Jesus is the Bread of Life.
Jesus is the Victim offered for our sins on the cross.
Jesus is the sacrifice offered at holy Mass for the sins of the world and for mine.
Jesus is the Word – to be spoken.
Jesus is the Truth – to be told.
Jesus is the Way – to be walked.
Jesus is the Light – to be lit.
Jesus is the Life – to be lived.
Jesus is the Love – to be loved.

Prayer Mother Teresa's Description of Jesus, presented by the Catholic News Agency, undated

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Obedience is humility.

Obedience and humility are the same thing. If you want to know if you are humble, ask yourself "Do I obey because I see Christ in every command?" You can get used to poverty; but every act of obedience is an act of the will. It gets harder as we get older because we have our own ideas and resent advice and interference. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the grace of obedience. Father Angelo D. Scolozzi, editor, compiler, Thirsting for God. A Yearbook of Prayers and Meditations Mother Teresa, Servant Books, Franciscan Media, 1. March 2000

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Peace

If we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Essay Mother Teresa Reflects on Working Toward Peace, presented by the Santa Clara University, 2010, retrieved August 2012

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Love

People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little, they may have nothing, but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another. Cited in: Quotefancy

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Dialog with God – Prayer

God speaks in the silence of our heart and we listen. And from the fullness of our heart we answer and that is what we call prayer.
(4 May) A Life for God, compiled by LaVonne Neff, published in 1995

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Her secret: Neverending prayer

Journalist: Mother Teresa, what is your secret?
Mother Teresa: That's very simple: I pray.

Father Leo-Maximilian Maasburg, Mother Teresa of Calcutta. A Personal Portrait [Mutter Teresa. Die Wunderbaren Geschichten], Kapitel 10, S. 79, Ignatius Press, 10. Februar 2011, 2nd edition 1. September 2011

Charity is to do everything for love of Jesus. […] Love and tenderness are the best and more real kinds of justice. Justice without love is not justice, and love without justice is neither authentic love. Cited in: AZ Quotes

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Neglected:

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. Cited in: Goodreads Quotable Quote

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Fixation on suffering:
Real love hurts.

Chuck Spezzano (*1949) US American founder of Psychology of Vision, visionary, seminar leader, author, If it Hurts, it isn't Love, Hodder Paperbacks, new edition 2. August 2001

If we really love one another they must love until it hurts. [Minute 4:45]
True love has to hurt. That's a real love. [Minute [5:55]
⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, 1979, cited in: Audio interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sr. Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, Living With A Saint Mother Teresa, Living With A Saint, presented by the Canadian web radio station CBC Radio Tapestry, host Mary Hynes, Canadian journalist, 53:58 minutes duration, aired 16. October 2011, reposted 6. July 2012

Reference: en.Wikiquote entry ► Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is a beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is life, fight for it!

Source: ► ⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of
the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, 1979

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Quotes by various other sources on Mother Teresa

Personal avowals

The Mother Teresa I knew was a remarkably dedicated, self-sacrificing person, but not one of the wisest women I've known. Both empowered and shackled by religious faith, Mother Teresa was generous and unreasonable, cheerful and never content, one of the world's most recognized women and one of its loneliest and most secretive. […] Mother Teresa was undeniably interested in reserving a really good spot for herself behind the pearly gates. [S]he was more interested in improving everyone’s lot in the next life than in this one. Mary Johnson, US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (1977-1997), Mother Theresa's Masochism: Does Religion Demand Suffering to Keep People Passive?, presented by the
US American left-leaning website AlterNet, Valerie Tarico, 28. April 2013

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Two types of dark night of the ego

Catholic theologians recognize two types of "dark night":
1. the first is purgative, cleansing the contemplative for a "final union" with Christ;
2. the second is "reparative," and continues after such a union, so that he or she may participate in a state of purity even closer to that of Jesus and Mary, who suffered for human salvation despite being without sin.
  By the end, writes Kolodiejchuk, "by all indications this was the case with Mother Teresa." That puts her in rarefied company.

Article Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith, presented by the US American weekly news magazine TIME, David van Biema,
US American TIME journalist, religious author, S. 5, 23. August 2007

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Response to Mother Teresa's canonization by her long-term critic Aroup Chatterjee, 3. September 2016

What is so great about Catholic saints?
People should realise a Catholic saint does not have to be saintly or nice in the secular sense, but has to be pure to Catholic dogma, especially on contraception and abortion.
1. Jose Maria Escriva (1902-1975), a Fascist, is a Catholic saint;
2. another Fascist, Cardinal Stepinac (1898-1960), is a "blessed".
3. "Saint" Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) actively shielded the prolific paedophile and criminal Marcial Maciel over many years.
4. Mother Teresa (1910-1997) also wrote a letter of support for a convicted paedophile priest Donald McGuire, asking people to overlook his "imprudence".¹

Kolkata will take a century to recover from Mother Teresa.
Article Kolkata will take a century to recover from Mother Teresa, presented by the English-language Indian daily newspaper
The Economic Times, Aroup Chatterjee (*1958) Indian physician working in England, Mother Teresa, author, 3. September 2016

Critical quotes

Mother Teresa: She was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation
of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.
Video presentation by Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) English-American journalist, atheistic author, Christopher Hitchens: Empowerment of Women, presented by Cruciefiction, minute 0:52, 2:20 minutes duration, posted 23. May 2012

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Quotes by David Hawkins on Mother Teresa

Note: David Hawkins presented his first book Power vs. Force with a simulated endorsement by Mother Teresa. After her death he considered himself as one of less than ten persons worldwide who were able to fathom her plight of the Dark Night of the Soul.

⚠ Caveat See Power vs. Truth, January 2013

Question: I would like to speak compassionately to a person that is dying. He is not spiritual. What can I say?
Answer: You can bless them. Look deep in their eyes, you can then "see" their soul. In my practice I did that with "impossible" patients where everything had been tried and I connected my actual reality with their actual reality (which is the same thing). Sometimes that healed them. Mother Teresa did the same thing. When they were healed they saw that their crippled bodies no longer mattered.
⚡ Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Satsang Q&A, Sedona Creative Life Center, 2 CD set, 8. November 2006

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Releasing Mother Teresa's secret confession letters

I think her writing is very difficult to understand, unless you are very sophisticated spiritually. Personally I feel it is discouraging to the average person and I disagree with the Catholic Church that countermanded her orders. […] I think they'll pay a karmic price for it. She demanded that her private letters be destroyed with her death and for reasons unknown […] the Catholic Church for some reason gets super dumb [Laughs]. They decide to publish it, those are very sophisticated things for the general public to read. […] Very sophisticated and the average person I think is going to diminish in their devotion to faith because they say "Look if Mother Theresa never got any farther than that with devotion, what chance is there for me?" So I disagree with the Catholic Church's position. I think they made a great error. She knew what she wrote was not comprehensible to many and that only to a very sophisticated spiritual person would understand. You know, I think it was a mistake that the book that is not restricted to strictly spiritual persons and it is going to be used by the anti-religionist, and they are going to jump at it. They are going to say "Look Mother Theresa can't get anywhere with God, then atheism is the obvious answer". In an error where atheism is on the rise, I thought it was unwise of the Church to contradict her demands. Her request in return for her service of a lifetime of devotion. The least they could have done is to respect her wishes. So I consider it an inappropriate error.
⚡ Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 17. September 2007

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David Hawkins who corresponded with Mother Teresa tested in public whether his view on her was correct. (Calibrated as strong.)

[Paraphrased] Only 20 or 30 people in the world could comprehend Mother Teresa's work.

Her [Mother Teresa's] pathway is Karma Yoga, the pathway of Selfless Devotion and her lament via that she would experience the Prescence. There isn't any pay-off to karma yoga. Karma yoga is selfless service. Period. Her lament "Oh, where art Thy oh my Beloved?" was like St John of the Cross' and many others. When a beatific state comes on you, when it leaves, whether it leaves or not depends on if you move on from there or not. Many karmic factors apply, etc. It is a feeling that one's Beloved has left one's self.
⚡ Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 17. September 2007

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Englische Texte – English section on Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa's grave crisis of faith

Source: ► Article by David van Biema, US American TIME journalist, religious author,
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith [Mutter Teresa tiefe Glaubenskrise],
presented by the US American weekly news magazine TIME, S. 3-5, 23. August 2007

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Mother Teresa reassured Mr. Van der Peet:

Jesus has a very special love for you.

[But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, – listen and do not hear – the tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak [...].

Lord, my God, who am I that You should forsake me? The Child of your Love – and now become as the most hated one – the one – You have thrown away as unwanted – unloved. I call, I cling, I want – and there is no One to answer – no One on Whom I can cling – no, No One. – Alone [...]. Where is my Faith – even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness and darkness – My God – how painful is this unknown pain – I have no Faith – I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart – and make me suffer untold agony.

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Addressed to Jesus, at the suggestion of a confessor,

Undated

So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them – because of the blasphemy – If there be God – please forgive me – When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven – there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives and hurt my very soul. – I am told God loves me – and yet the reality of 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?

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Mother Teresa prayed to the deceased Pope for:

Pope Pius XII died October 1958.

[P]roof that God is pleased with the Society. And then and there, she rejoiced, disappeared the long darkness [...] that strange suffering of ten years. It lasted for five weeks.

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Two types of dark night of the ego

Catholic theologians recognize two types of "dark night":
1. the first is purgative, cleansing the contemplative for a "final union" with Christ;
2. the second is "reparative," and continues after such a union, so that he or she may participate in a state of purity even closer to that of Jesus and Mary, who suffered for human salvation despite being without sin.
  By the end, writes Kolodiejchuk, "by all indications this was the case with Mother Teresa." That puts her in rarefied company.

Article Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith, presented by the US American weekly news magazine TIME, David van Biema,
US American TIME journalist, religious author, S. 5, 23. August 2007

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Mother Teresa's inner crisis of faith

Mother Teresa conceived of her doubts as being a trial and being a dark night of the soul. I mean she said that she suffered this terrible pain of loss of God not being God, of God not really existing, and she said there were so many doubts within her that she was afraid to face them because of the blasphemy and she said she even prayed 'If there be a God, forgive me', and she said that all these things whirling round inside her, she felt that they might unbalance her, and she's
written all this in her letters that were published after her death. She even said that her cheerfulness was just a cloak to hide her inner misery and emptiness. And she felt heaven was a nothingness, and so the dividing line is fairly fine between the believer and the non-believer I think.
Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., deleted MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC Radio National, program "The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008

Video sources:
► Video presentation Mother Teresa: The Legacy, official film of the occasion of Mother Teresa's Beatification in Rome, 2003, produced
by the Canadian filmmakers Anne Petrie and Jeannette Petrie, Gloria.tv film, 54:21 minutes duration, posted 7. September 2012
► Deleted video TV presentation Mother Teresa – Questioning, presented by the US American broadcasting corporation ABC News,
YouTube film, 2:45 minutes duration, posted 10. September 2007

See also: ► Phoenix [Crisis of faith]

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Mother Teresa's surrender recommendation

Jesus said that:
"I have chosen you.
I have called you by my name, you are mine."
Every day you have to say yes.

Total surrender:
To be where He wants you to be.
If He puts you in the streets, if everything taken from you and suddenly
you find yourself in the street to accept to be in the street at that moment.
Not for you to put yourself in the street, but to accept to be put there.
This is quite different.
To accept – if God wants you to be in the palace, well then, to accept to
be in the palace as long as you are not choosing to be in the palace.
This is the difference.
This is what makes the difference in Total surrender:
to accept whatever He gives and to give whatever it takes with a big smile.
This is the surrender – to God.
To accept to be cut to pieces and yet every piece to belong only to Him.
This is the surrender.
To accept all the people that come, the work that you happen to do.
Today you maybe have a good meal and tomorow you maybe have nothing.
There is no water in the pump or –
to accept – and to give whatever it takes –
if it takes your good name, it takes your health, it takes your
YES!
That's the surrender and that's where you are free then.

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"Anyway" – the attitude of steadfastness

Overcoming obstacles with the attitude of 'Anyway'

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.	Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.	Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.	Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.	Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.	Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.	Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten.	Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.	Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Source: ► Adapted poem by ⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary,
humanitarian, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, cited in: Quotable Quote Goodreads
1979, adapted from the original poem The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith, written in 1968, renewed 2001

See also: ► Poems

Siehe auch: ► DENNOCH – Haltung der Unerschütterlichkeit

Above poem was written by Dr. Kent M. Keith in 1968. In 2001 Mother Teresa changed Keith's lines to some extent.
Her version of the poem was engraved at the wall of her children's home in Calcutta, India.

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Come and see encounter with Mother Teresa – Linda Schaefer

The first time in her life when photojournalist Linda Schaefer prayed to God she asked "Send me a good man". The next day she met her later husband. Soon after that he was diagnosed with a rare kind of terminal cancer. They married as planned – and she accompanied him in his last 1.5 years on earth.
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Linda Schaefer
Standing in front of the operation theatre she heard a shattering of glass. It was the sound of the hardened bars of her heart falling apart (as described in Grimm's fairy tale The Frog Prince).

Later as a widow – prepared for more miracles – she had an encounter with Mother Teresa and was meant to be her last photojournalist to have full access to her premises. Mother Teresa – once she had left the plane and greeted the Archbishop – she looked directly at Linda Schaefer, walked up to her and touched her heart. In this moment Schaefer heard inside the words Come and See.

When Linda Schaefer first showed up unannounced at Mother Teresa's headquarters in Calcutta in 1995 and begged to
be allowed to do a photo book of the nun's life and work, the answer was a humble but firm "no." Instead, Mother Teresa put Schaefer to work as a volunteer, changing diapers and playing with the children in one of the Missionaries of Charity's 40-odd orphanages. Over time, as Schaefer's motivations shifted from a drive to merely document to a desire to partici-
pate in the ministry, the nun permitted her to bring out the camera. The result was a unique photo book titled Come and See, DC Press, edition October 2003.

More encounters with spirit were on Linda's way.

Sources featuring Linda Schaefer, former US American CNN editor, photojournalist, author
► Video interview "Conversations from St. Norbert College" featuring Linda Schaefer, presented by St. Norbert College (SNC),
recorded 2006, YouTube film, 30:00 minutes duration, posted 4. May 2009
► Audio interview A Journey with a Saint part 1 and 2, presented by Renewal Ministries, 2007
► Video presentation (preview) Linda Schaefer on Mother Theresa, GodTube film (Today's Christian Videos), 4:18 minutes duration, 2008

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⚡ Unquenchably thirsty. Leaving the convent of a living saint – Mary Johnson

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Life in the convent

Three rules: obedience, suffering, non-attachment

Mary Johnson is the former US American nun Sr Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), founded by Mother Teresa in 1950. Up to 5,000 nuns of around 600 MC missions established in 137 countries around the world [status 2010] were subjected to ongoing enormous strain as their leader and aspiring Catholic "saint" had ambitiously professed to Jesus "to give Saints to Mother Church."
Sr Donata was soon appointed to high ranking positions which allowed her to see Mother Teresa for several days every year. She served in New York, Winnipeg, Washington, and mostly in Rome as a superior. Rare among the MC sisters, she was sent
to study theology at Regina Mundi, a (now closed) Pontifical women's university in Rome. Hence, she was given the task to rewrite the constitutions of the order. She had studied Mother Teresa's writings very deeply, traveled with "Mother", and taught her message of love.

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Leaving the convent

Disillusioned, yet yearning to be herself and living an authentic life, Sr Donata, now aged 35, struggled with more and more with depression. The enforced aspiration for sainthood tore her apart. She acknowledged to herself that the "Spouses of Jesus Crucified" seen as "Victims of God's Love" are serving in a religious cult.
After a self-imposed last year of intensified probation she chose to leave the austere MC convent where she felt choked by
an anti-inquiry atmosphere, a cultlike insistence on absolute obedience, a partially mean domination, an overregulated pre-
Vatican II protocol, pretense, and secrecy resulting in cognitive dissonance. Starved of human touch, Sr Donata eventually
rejected the standard of extreme self-denial and the ritual of humiliation resulting in emotional deprivation and isolation amidst
the sisters.

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Life outside the convent

Renouncing one's vows was considered as one of the most shameful acts in the MC con-
vent. In 1997, shortly before Mother Teresa's death, Johnson experienced the most painful day of her life when she left the order of her calling, preceding her choice to also leave the Catholic Church. After twenty years of service as a nun Johnson was given a plane ticket and 500 $ to start a new life.

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Revealing the dealings of life in a cultic religious order

After a decade of honest reflection and writing about her experiences and growth as a nun who had returned to the secular life, Johnson decided to share her candid yet poignant memoir An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, first published in spring 2011.
In her first book Johnson depicts the human side of Mother Teresa, a charismatic person tied to hierarchical church politics. She reveals that the Missionaries of Charity sisters are subjected to dogmatic, rigid convent politics, have to ask permission for their needs and wants, are not to touch each other unnecessarily, and are discouraged from having human friendships among each other. Following Mother Teresa's obliging "suggestion" the committed nuns practiced corporeal penance by self-flagellating with
a whip and wearing spiked steel chains (during morning prayers and mass). Exposed to real and possible joy and experiencing severe abuse the former nun describes her involvement with a sexually predatory subordinate and her subsequent love affair with a priest.

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Called for truth – losing faith

Not therapy but studying English and creative writing helped Johnson to readapt to secular life where she then reevaluated her relationship with older women. After her deconversion she does no longer believe in a Supreme Being. Married since 2005, she is a compellingly honest writer and a mindful public speaker who touches atheists, believers and those who grapple with the wondrous mysteries of life and faith.

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Perils of vows of
poverty, chastity, obedience

In 1976, at age 19, I joined Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, a traditional community of nuns. Liberal American sisters in polyester didn't appeal to me; Mother Teresa's mission to the poorest did. I didn't realize the community would observe every Vatican decree as though it came directly from God.
I was told that the highest use of my intellect was its unquestioning surrender in obedience; my superiors would always tell me what God asked of me. Eventually, I came to see that the Missionaries of Charity's anti-intellectualism and rigid separation from the world stunted our work and each sister's development.
Editorial by Mary Johnson, US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), Nuns in Street Clothing Shouldn’t Frighten Vatican, presented by the publication Bloomberg, 24. January 2012

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Everything ⇔ Nothing dichotomy

We were taught to tell ourselves that we are nothing. Those were the words. And we were to repeat the prayer "I am nothing, God is all". And that anything that we did that was not good came from us and any good that we did came from God living in us. Video presentation by Mary Johnson, Discussion of "An Unquenchable Thirst", alternative Video, sponsored by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, Museum of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn, host and moderator Debra L. Schultz,
feminist historian, 25. September 2011, YouTube film, minute 48:10, 1:17:41 minute duration, posted 23. November 2011

Becoming a Missionary of Charity was like a fire burning in my heart. [1977]
I couldn't go on feeling out of sync with my own heart. [1997]
Article An Unquenchable Thirst, presented by the website Book Loons – "Reviews", Hilary Williamson, autumn 2011

I longed to be noticed, appreciated, approved. Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Convent rules forbade reading unapproved books and accepting or offering a consoling hug.

I was so lonely, and the work was so hard, and I missed using my mind. A friend and a calculus book would have helped a lot.
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

That evening I took the discipline with more force than usual. The next morning when I fastened the chains around my
arm and waist, I pulled them tight.
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau,
13. September 2011

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Questioning authority figures ⇔ obedience rule

[A]rguing back was considered a sin against humility, even the most irrational charges could not be countered properly for fear of appearing to be proud or arrogant.
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Freed from the oppression of obedience

I was convinced that my life could best be spent in loving service of the poor who needed it most, but I never expected I wouldn’t be allowed to bring my intelligence and creativity to my work. When I joined the Missionaries of Charity, my sister cried all night, telling me I was wasting my life.
I might still be a sister if I had joined a more progressive group. I didn’t see the point in remaining in a group that didn't want anything of me but my obedience. Rebuilding my life after 20 years in the convent wasn't easy. But knowing that I
can now make any contribution I want to make, that I am free to think my own thoughts, establish my own relationships, get to know my family again – there's a new love and truth and fidelity there that I didn't have when obedience was the primary virtue.
Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sister Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), founded
by Mother Teresa, speaker, author, cited in: Former Nun Mary Johnson Criticizes Vatican Crackdown on U.S. Sisters, presented by
the US American news and opinion website The Daily Beast – Women In The World'', Abigail Pesta, 27. April 2012

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Celibacy, intimacy and intellect

I was angry with the Church for demanding celibacy of her priests, and mad at God for giving me a vocation that demanded I sacrifice intimacy and intellect.
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, chapter 31, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Dealing with the vulnerability of the chastity vow and internal sexual exploitation:

Mother Teresa and the MC superior sisters avoided the issue thereby threatening the well-being of unsuspecting sisters.

Sister Niobe was a sexual predator, which took me a long time to understand. The sisters who had sexual relations with Sister Niobe were nearly all very sexually naïve adults who had really no expe-
rience. I hadn’t either. […]
Mother Teresa made it known that this was something not to be talked about. She even went so far as to imply that talking about this sexual sin was worse than anything that had happened. Mary Johnson, US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), cited in: The Calling of Disorder. Ex-nun Mary Johnson finds new purpose in writing, presented by the daily student newspaper of the Harvard University The Havard Crimson, Patrick W. Lauppe, 7. February 2012

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Refusing the doctrin of suffering

I can't do this anymore. I couldn't be the spouse of Jesus crucified. I wanted to be Mary Magdalene discovering the empty tomb in the garden, hearing the Lord call her name. I wanted to be the spouse of the One who said, I came that you may have life, and have it to the full. Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Bridging the cognitive dissonance

[One day I asked God to show Himself to me and heard a small voice saying] "Look inside yourself. God is like the best parts of you." [From there it is a small step to] "God is the best parts of you." [Stories about God no longer ring true.] "Physics and literature and music feel so much more honest than theology." Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

Mother Teresa would have called my secrets blasphemy, but I call them freedom. I even call them love. Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

Sometimes I dreamed of helping the Society return to Mother’s emphasis on love, but I didn't want to settle for being
a good influence on individual sisters in a bad system.
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau,
13. September 2011

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Released from enforced strife for sainthood

It felt wonderful not to have to worry about being a saint anymore.
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Ambitious for obtaining sainthood:

The only ambition MC nuns were granted is the desire to be canonized as a saint. Johnson discovered Mother Teresa's deep involvement in the politics of the Catholic Church.

In this respect Mother [Teresa] was an ambitious woman.
[It made her a slave to the Roman Catholic hierarchy rather than] the kind of saint who spoke truth to power.
Book review by columnist Mike Pride, Out of the order. Reality clashes with faith in the service of Mother Teresa, presented by the "Concord Monitor", 25. September 2011

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Missed opportunity

Mother was perhaps the only woman alive with sufficient moral and political capital to challenge the Vatican and hope she might be heard, [but she never did].
Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Critical journalist Hitchens changed his mind on Mother Teresa in 2007.

Christopher Hitchens is that even though he had published this book about Mother and was known all over the world as an opponent of hers, when he read the letters she had written to her spiritual directors, letters that were published ten years after her death, he changed his opinion of her. He wrote that he no longer considered her a fraud, that she was actually sincere in what she did, but that she was duped by people within the church, especially priests and bishops who were pleased to use her as a spokesperson for the church. I think there’s truth to that. And I must admit that Hitchens's willingness to re-examine his conclusions in the light of new evidence is something that many religious people aren’t willing to do. Removed interview with Mary Johnson, Joining – Then Leaving – Mother Teresa: An Interview with Mary Johnson, presented by the publication "Beyond The Margins", Leslie Greffenius, 20. January 2012

Mary Johnson

He [Christopher Hitchens, author of The Missionary Position] was right that Mother Teresa took money from anybody – from the Duvaliers, from Castro […] She took money from Charles Keating and refused to give to back to the people whom he had cheated to get that large, substantial sum that he donated. Christopher Hitchens had all those facts right, but I don’t think he really understood Mother Teresa’s motivations. He called her a hypocrite, and I don’t think she was. I think she really firmly believed in what she was doing, she was trying her best. She did have limited understanding. She was born in 1910 in Albania; there were a lot of things that she really didn’t grasp. But I never found anything in her that was hypocritical.
And what was interesting to me about Hitchens was that in 2007 – so, ten years after Mother Teresa’s death – he read the letters that she had written to her spiritual directors very early on, letters in which she talks about her doubts, about her soul feeling tormented. Hitchens publicly revised his opinion about Mother Teresa, in that he took back the hypocrite word and said, basically, he thought she was a true believer and she was trying her best and she was […] manipulated by the Vatican, was the way he worded it, and I think that was very accurate. Audio interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), speaker, author, Life Stories #29: Mary Johnson, MP3, presented by Beatrice, host Ron Hogan, minute 15:56, 27:18 minutes duration, aired 30. March 2013

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Expelled outsider! Reuniting with sisters failed

I feel odd to prefer the human to the perfect; maybe that’s why I don’t fit anymore. I want earth, not heaven. Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel & Grau, 13. September 2011

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Response by current MC superior-general to the memoir of a former MC nun

Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst., 2011

This is indeed a most humbling moment for us. Jesus must be telling us to make serious introspection and work harder to rectify allegations made in the book. [Instead of being provoked by the book and wasting] our energies fighting the allegations [within it, the congregation will continue to serve the poorest of the poor] with greater humility and renewed dedication as Mother taught us. Sr Mary Prema, elected superior-general of the MC order since 2009; cited in: article Controversial book is thought-provoking, presented by the publication Indian UCAnews, 13. September 2011

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Author Mary Johnson on her memoir

Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst., 2011

A lot of people are very invested in the image of Mother Teresa, and they don’t want you to mess with their idea of her [...]. Some people will be ready for this book, and some people won't. Reliving it was really hard. At first I was afraid of writing the difficult things.
I hope this book will promote dialogue [...] and that people will start talking from the [perspective of the] reality of their
lives. We don't do that enough. Mary Johnson, cited in: article Dissecting the legacy of Mother Teresa. New memoir from a former Missionary of Charity, presented by the publication Xtra, Alistair Newton, 28. September 2011

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Response to allegations of Mother Teresa's ignorance of world politics

We sisters did not know about these things. They were reported in the press, but we never saw newspapers, we didn’t have a television, we didn't have a radio. We didn’t know what was happening in the world unless someone told us.
Mary Johnson, cited in: article Dissecting the legacy of Mother Teresa. New memoir from a former Missionary of Charity, presented by the publication Xtra, Alistair Newton, 28. September 2011

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Mother Teresa's schizophrenic mindset

Question: What do you think of Mother Teresa as a person?
Answer: Mother Teresa was, without question, the most dedicated, self-sacrificing person I've ever known, but not one of the wisest. Mother Teresa wasn't interested in providing optimal care for the sick and the dying, but in serving Jesus, whom she believed accepted every act of kindness offered the poor. She had her own doubts and feelings of abandonment by God, but her spiritual directors urged her to interpret these "torments of soul" as signs that she had come so close to God that she shared Jesus' passion on the cross. Under the sway of such spin, Mother Teresa came to glorify suffering. This resulted in a rather schizophrenic mindset by which Mother Teresa believed both that she was sent to minister to the poor AND that suffering should be embraced as a good in itself. Mother Teresa often told the sick and dying, "Suffering is the kiss of Jesus." Mother Teresa's sisters offer simple care and a smile, not competent medical treatment or tools with which to escape poverty. One could argue that Mother Teresa's faith both facilitated and tragically limited her work. With the enormous resources at her disposal, Mother Teresa could have done more, but she always saw helping the poor as a means to a supernatural end, never a good in itself. Interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), speaker, author, An Interview with Mary Johnson, Author of "An Unquenchable Thirst" Over a year ago, presented by the US American web portal Big Think, host Adam Lee, 14. March 2012

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No endorsement for Mother Teresa's canonization

I've never known anyone more dedicated or more self-sacrificing than Mother Teresa, nor anyone who wanted to be a saint more than she did. That said, Mother Teresa was not the wisest person I’ve known. The danger in canonizing her is

to idealize the way of life she outlined for her sisters
as well as her particular style of ministering to the poor;

both are in need of drastic revision. So many of the practices of the Missionaries of Charity are inimical to human growth. Sometimes we harmed the poor by our incompetency. Mary Johnson, cited in: An Interview with Mary Johnson, a Nun Who Worked Under Mother Teresa and Later Became an Atheist, presented by the blogspot patheos.com, Kate Donovan, 13. August 2012

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Disencouraging doubts and questioning in favor of the fundamentalist status quo of the church

In the Catholic Church, official theology is determined by the hierarchy, who have a vested interest in keeping things as they are. When Mother Teresa admitted to the priests and bishops who were her spiritual directors that she was tormented by feelings of distance from God and by doubts in God’s existence, these priests and bishops didn’t want to encourage real questioning; they probably didn’t even give themselves permission to question deeply. Unquestioning faith ? enables the system to continue undisturbed. […] Father Neuner taught Mother Teresa to reframe doubt as a sign that she had drawn so close to God that she shared the agony of Jesus, who cried from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Mother Teresa's doubts did not therefore require examination, but a greater, unquestioning faith. Mary Johnson, US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), Mother Theresa's Masochism: Does Religion Demand Suffering to Keep People Passive?, presented by the US American left-leaning website AlterNet, Valerie Tarico, 28. April 2013

Sources – Written interviews featuring Mary Johnson (*1958) US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), speaker, author
► Removed interview Joining – Then Leaving – Mother Teresa: An Interview with Mary Johnson. Part 1, presented by the publication "Beyond The Margins",
Leslie Greffenius, 20. January 2012
► Removed interview Joining – Then Leaving – Mother Teresa: An Interview with Mary Johnson. Part 2, presented by the publication
"Beyond The Margins", 10. February 2012
► Interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sr. Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), founded by
Mother Teresa, An Interview with Mary Johnson, Author of "An Unquenchable Thirst" Over a year ago, presented by the US American
web portal Big Think, host Adam Lee, 14. March 2012

Sources – Audio and video links featuring Mary Johnson (*1958) US American nun in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) (1977-1997), speaker, author
► Video presentation Mary Johnson Author of "An Unquenchable Thirst", YouTube film, 4:37 minute duration, posted 4. June 2011
► Video interview An Unquenchable Thirst, host Darlene Chandler-Bassett, filmed by Post Production CineVision Productions,
YouTube film, 17:05 minute duration, posted 15. July 2011
► Video presentation and Q&A Discussion of "An Unquenchable Thirst", alternative Video, sponsored by the Elizabeth A. Sackler
Foundation, Museum of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn, host and moderator Debra L. Schultz,
feminist historian, 25. September 2011, YouTube film, 1:17:41 minute duration, posted 23. November 2011
Mary Johnson's last conversation with Mother Teresa Minute 27:40-41:05
► Audio interview Living With A Saint, presented by the Canadian web radio station CBC Radio Tapestry, host Mary Hynes,
Canadian journalist, 54:00 minutes duration, aired 16. October 2011
► Video Tribute to Christopher Hitchens – 2012 Global Atheist Convention, YouTube film, 11:08 minutes duration, posted 16. April 2012
► Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) English-American journalist, atheistic author, The Missionary Position.
Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, Verso, 1995
After having read her letters on her crisis of faith published ten years after her death in 2007 Hitchens reexamined and changed his conclusions about Mother Teresa's life and work.
► Deleted video statement Mother Teresa Letter Defending Pedophile 'Authentic' and 'Disturbing,' Says Former Nun, YouTube film,
4:27 minutes duration, originally posted 12. January 2012, reissued by the Californian free alternative weekly newspaper SF Weekly,
9. February 2012
Response to the Did Mother Teresa Protect a Pedophile Priest?, presented by the newspaper SF Weekly, Peter Jamison. 11. January 2012 about Mother Teresa's defense of
Donald McGuire, a Jesuit priest serving a 25-year federal sentence for child molestation (2005-2030)
► Audio interview An Unquenchable Thirst, presented by Spiegel and Grau, aired February 2011, 42:10 minutes duration, reissued by
New Books Network, 4. November 2012
► Audio interview Life Stories #29: Mary Johnson, MP3, presented by Beatrice, host Ron Hogan, 27:18 minutes duration,
aired 30. March 2013

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⚡ Leaving Mother Teresa, losing faith, and searching for meaning – Colette Livermore

Collette Livermore, M.D.

At the occasion of Mother Teresa's beatification ceremony in Rome in 2003 former nun of the Missionaries of Charity Colette Livermore, M.D. from Australia decided to reveal what she perceives as the dark side of this secluded convent where she had served from 1973 to 1984. Her chronicle Hope Endures. Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Mea-
ning², which was published 24 years after Livermore had left the convent, questions blind faith and obedience. It weighs the following

Juxtapositions

➤ compassion ⇔ control,
➤ faith ⇔ doubt,
➤ knowledge ⇔ ignorance.

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Endorsement

"Hope Endures" is compelling. Livermore perfectly captures our yearning to want life to fit our spiritual ideals, only to learn it never will. But we cannot help but walk to continue to walk the path. This book is superb. Endorsement by Caroline Myss Myss.com (*1952) US American spiritual teacher, mystic, medical intuitive, bestselling author, Pressestimmen

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Strict hierarchy devoid of equality

We all would see Mother Teresa personally but we'd start off in that way I told you before, of kneeling down before her and confessing whatever weaknesses we had, and then she would talk to give us a sort of instruction about the ways in which we could improve ourselves. But yes, you couldn't have an equal discussion.
Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program "The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008

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Dichotomy: Courage ⇔ surrender

But then there's a temptation to cowardice, isn't there, there's a temptation just to keep quiet. I think it was one of the British Prime Ministers said, 'All that you need for evil to triumph is for good people to remain silent.' And that's often been the problem, that religion takes away a person's backbone and makes them too suppliant sometimes, or too obedient, and they don't – maybe the world is saved more by the rebel than by the holy.
Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program "The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008

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Paradox of organisations based on dogmatic belief

Obedience of cohesion and order ⇔ the obedience of cowardice and submission

I know that you need obedience, and you need a structure to life. I suppose it's a bit like a skeleton though, if you have a skeleton that's too weak, you keep breaking your bones and you can't move, and if you have a skeleton that's too rigid, you know, all your joints seize up and you can't move. So it's somehow trying to find a balance between a cohesive obedience and a subservient, restricted obedience. And I didn't understand this as a young person.
Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program "The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008

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Importance of conscience

The inner voice of conscience is more important than any rule.
Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., deleted MP3, presented by the Australian ABC Radio Classic FM, program "Mornings with Margaret Throsby", host Margaret Throsby,
37:59 minutes duration, aired 19. November 2008

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Enigma of Mother Teresa

There is a deep paradox at the heart of Mother Teresa.
A lot of sisters who had left the order had ended up in a very dark place. They ended up in disillusionment. Some sisters had become angry in the system where you can't speak when being exposed to unjust situations. Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., deleted MP3, presented
by the US American Radio station KERA, program "Think, Texas", host Krys Boyd, aired December 2008

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Prayer excludes welfare work.

A ruling was made that on this recollection day, this day of prayer, children were not to be admitted to the Home for the Children. This really sick child came in with stick arms, breathing really fast and dehydrated and I was told he couldn't stay. I had this internal conflict and eventually the child was admitted but only after I'd had a big fight. These sorts of things happened
time and time again because there was this rigid obedience and timetable, so I wrote to Calcutta and said:
'This can't be right.'
[Mother Teresa's reply was not the one Livermore had hoped for.] She said that just as Our Lady watched Jesus
die, I should be able to accept the death of a child if obedience asked it of me.
Then I said: 'That's against the gospel' and they said that even the devil could quote scripture.
Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the Missionaries of Charity order (1973-1984), physician, author, cited in:
removed article Nun spurns Mother Teresa's rule to become an author, presented by the Australian daily tabloid newspaper The Courier-Mail, Mike OConnor, 16. December 2008

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Livermore describes Mother Teresa is of a woman tortured by her own spirituality.

Livermore describes the MC order as a sect.

It [MT's spirituality] led her to some pretty dark places. She talked about her inner emptiness and misery. She said 'Empty yourself of all that's not God.' She just felt depleted and that's what happened to all of us too. Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the Missionaries of Charity order (1973-1984), physician, author, cited in: removed article Nun spurns Mother Teresa's rule to become an author, presented by the Australian daily tabloid newspaper The Courier-Mail, Mike OConnor, 16. December 2008

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Livermore sees Mother Teresa's mistake in thinking that obedience was more important than compassion.

That's not something that's widely known and not part of what the media says about her. It was dictatorial. I should have got out sooner. Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the Missionaries of Charity order (1973-1984), physician, author, cited in: removed article Nun spurns Mother Teresa's rule to become an author, presented by the Australian daily tabloid newspaper
The Courier-Mail, Mike OConnor, 16. December 2008

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Mother Teresa's "theology of suffering"

Most people hold that suffering is not good in itself but Mother Teresa felt the more we suffered the more we were united to Christ and his divine power. Poverty was treasured so much within the Society that even when we had donations money was not freely used for the needs of those we served. Colette Livermore, M.D., Hope Endures. Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Meaning, essay The Paradox of Mother Teresa, Atria Books, 12. April 2014

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Mother Teresa's inner crisis of faith

Mother Teresa conceived of her doubts as being a trial and being a dark night of the soul. I mean she said that she suffered this terrible pain of loss of God not being God, of God not really existing, and she said there were so many doubts within her that she was afraid to face them because of the blasphemy and she said she even prayed 'If there be a God, forgive me', and she said that all these things whirling round inside her, she felt that they might unbalance her, and she's written all this in her letters that were published after her death. She even said that her cheerfulness was just a cloak to hide her inner misery and emptiness. And she felt heaven was a nothingness, and so the dividing line is fairly fine between the believer and the non-believer I think. Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., deleted MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program "The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008

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Loss of faith after leaving the order

I feel that we can't know God. I don't think that we can say anything very much about God, because many of the things that I believed in, when they come up against reality, they don't seem to ring true.
Radio interview with Colette Livermore, M.D., MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program "The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008

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"Losing my religion"

I ended up an agnostic. I just couldn't believe it any more. […] After all, no one handcuffed me. It was my own silly choice. […] [O]nce I was in there, I couldn't get free. That's part of the reason I wrote the book – to tell religious people not to give up that inner compass that they have. You can't live your life with all these excluding rules. Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the Missionaries of Charity order (1973-1984), physician, author, cited in: removed article Nun spurns Mother Teresa's rule to become an author, presented by the Australian daily tabloid newspaper The Courier-Mail, Mike OConnor, 16. December 2008

Media sources featuring Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the "Missionaries of Charity" order (1973-1984), physician, author
► Video presentation Hope Endures: Colette Livermore, YouTube film, 3:21 minutes duration, posted 7. November 2008
► Radio interview, MP3, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program "The Conversation Hour",
host Richard Fidler, 52:11 minutes duration, aired 18. November 2008
► Radio interview, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio Classic FM, deleted MP3, program "Mornings with
Margaret Throsby", host Margaret Throsby, 37:59 minutes duration, aired 19. November 2008
► Radio interview MP3, transcript, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio National, program
"The Spirit of Things", host Dr. Rachael Kohn, aired 23. November 2008
► Radio interview deleted MP3, presented by the US American Radio WICN, New England, program "Public Eye", host Al Vouna,
24:57 minutes duration, aired December 2008
► Radio interview, deleted MP3, presented by the US American Radio station KERA, program "Think, Texas", host Krys Boyd,
aired December 2008

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⚡ Walking away from a house of illusions harming helpers – Susan Shields

Personal avowal

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Painful awakening to cultic betrayal

Women from many nations joined Mother Teresa in the expectation that they would help the poor and come closer to God themselves. When I left, there were more than 3,000 sisters in approximately 400 houses scattered throughout the world. Many of these sisters who trusted Mother Teresa to guide them have become broken people. In the face of overwhelming evidence, some of them have finally admitted that their trust has been betrayed, that God could not possibly be giving the orders they hear. It is difficult for them to decide to leave – their self-confidence has been destroyed, and they have no education beyond what they brought with them when they joined. I was one of the lucky ones who mustered enough courage to walk away. Susan Shields, US American former "Missionary of Charity" sister in a key accounting postion in the organization (1980-1989), cited in: Blog article Mother Teresa and her millions – Susan Shields and Walter Wuellenweber, presented by bharatabharati.wordpress.com, 2. March 2015

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Former nun Shields' analysis:

Written reflection after 9.5 years with MC convent and 9 years in the secular world

Women from many nations joined Mother Teresa in the expectation that they would help the poor and come closer to God themselves. When I left, there were more than 3,000 sisters in approximately 400 houses scattered throughout the world. Many of these sisters who trusted Mother Teresa to guide them have become broken people. In the face of overwhelming evidence, some of them have finally admitted that their trust has been betrayed, that God could not possibly be giving the orders they hear. It is difficult for them to decide to leave – their self-confidence has been destroyed, and they have no education beyond what they brought with them when they joined. [♦]

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Supposedly 90% of the donations given to MC remained unused.

MC: richest Catholic order – poorest sisters

The donations rolled in and were deposited in the bank, but they had no effect on our ascetic lives and very little effect on the lives of the poor we were trying to help. […]
Our Constitution forbade us to beg for more than we needed, but, when it came to begging, the millions of dollars accumulating in the bank were treated as if they did not exist. [♦]

[Paraphrased] Three crucial order rules at the Missionaries of Charity were prevalent in religious congregations before Second Vatican Council:
Obedience ◊ suffering ◊ interdiction of human closeness
1. An obedient sister is doing God's will.
  (God→Jesus→Pope→Cardinal→Bishop→priest→congregation)
2. Sisters have leverage over God by choosing to suffer. Their suffering makes God very happy.
3. Attachment to humans interferes with the love of God and must be avoided or immediately uprooted.

Sisters were to ask each person in danger of death if they wanted a ‘ticket to heaven’. An affirmative reply was to mean consent to baptism. The sister was then to pretend that she was just cooling the patient’s head with a wet cloth, while in fact she was baptising him, saying quietly the necessary words. Secrecy was important so that it would not come to be known that Mother Teresa’s sisters were baptising Hindus and Muslims. [❄]

Sources featuring Susan Shields, US American former "Missionary of Charity" sister in a key accounting postion in the organization (1980-1989)
► [♦] Mother Teresa's House of Illusions. How She Harmed Her Helpers As Well As Those They 'Helped' , presented by the bi-monthly journal
of secular humanist opinion and commentary Free Inquiry, published by the "Council for Secular Humanism", volume 18, # 1, winter issue
January 1998
► [❄] Article Remembering Mother Teresa and the controversies around her, presented by the stories outlet Medium, Deed Trident,
26. August 2018

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Links zum Thema Mutter Teresa / Mother Teresa

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Literatur

Kathryn Spink, autorisierte Mutter Teresa von Kalkutta, Übersetzerin, Mutter Teresa. Ein Leben für die Barmherzigkeit, Lübbe, Bergisch-Gladbach, 1. September 1997

Offizielle Hagiographie, Biographie

Lucinda Vardey (*1949) britisch-kanadische Autorin, Mutter Teresa. Der einfache Weg, Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach,
3. Taschenbuchausgabe 30. September 1997
Dr. phil. habil., M. A. phil., Mag. theol. Marianne Sammer, deutsche Professorin für Kirchengeschichte und Patrologie, Mutter Teresa. Leben, Werk, Spiritualität, C.H. Beck Verlag, 23. August 2006

Respektvolle Monographie; Kritik an Mutter Teresas Idee, dass ohne Armut und Leiden keine Gottesbegegnung und Entsühnung stattfindet, weswegen sie den Einsatz gespendeter moderner medizinischer Geräte sowie Schmerz- und Betäubungsmittel verbot, ihren Nonnen eine krankenschwesterliche Ausbildung verbot und die Nichtbeachtung von grundlegenden Hygienevorschriften "auferlegte". Kritik an Mutter Teresas Kampagne gegen Abtreibung, Verhütung und die Emanzipation der Frau. Ihre päpstlich bestätigte "Ordnung der Liebe" bestätigt den "Vorrang
des Mannes gegenüber seiner Gattin und deren freiwillige Unterwerfung".

Christian Feldmann, Mutter Teresa, Die Heilige von Kalkutta, Herder, 4. Auflage, April 2007
Mutter Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Engel von Kalkutta] (1910-1997) albanisch-indische katholische Missionarin, Nonne, Ordensgründerin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, 1979, Vater Dr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Herausgeber, kanadischer Priester, Komm, sei mein Licht! Die geheimen Aufzeichnungen der Heiligen von Kalkutta, Pattloch, München, 2. Auflage 5. September 2007
Dr. Colette Livermore, australische Nonne im Frauenorden der Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe (1973-1984), Ärztin, Autorin, Wenn Gottes Kinder schweigen. Warum ich meinen Orden verließ und wie ich Barmherzigkeit fand, Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag, 20. September 2010

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Literature (engl.)

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Joy In Loving. Guide To Daily Living, Penguin Books, 1996, reprint 1. March 2000, Penguin Books India, 1. March 2003
Kathryn Spink, authorized biographer of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, translator, Mother Teresa. An Authorized Biography, 1997, Books Google version, HarperOne, revised edition 7. June 2011
Linda Schaefer, Come and See. A Photojournalist's Journey into the World of Mother Teresa, DC Press, October 2003
Louise Chipley Slavicek, Mother Teresa. Caring for the world's poor, Chelsea House, New York, 2007
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, editor Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Ph.D., Canadian priest, Come Be My Light. The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta, Doubleday Religion, 4. September 2007
⚡ Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun, saint, missionary, humanitarian, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1979, In the Heart of the World. Thoughts, Stories and Prayers, ReadHowYouWant, 2010, 16th edited paperback edition 28. December 2012
Mother Teresa, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, Ph.D., editor, Where There Is Love, There Is God. A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others, Doubleday Religion, 1st edition 10. August 2010
Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the "Missionaries of Charity" order (1973-1984), physician, author, Hope Endures. Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Meaning, essay The Paradox of Mother Teresa, Atria Books,
12. April 2014

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⚡ Critical literature (engl.)

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) English-American journalist, atheistic author, The Missionary Position. Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, Verso, London, 1995
Aroup Chatterjee (*1958) Indian physician working in England, Mother Teresa researcher, author, Mother Teresa. The Final Verdict, Meteor Books, India, 20. December 2002
Colette Livermore, M.D., Australian nun of the "Missionaries of Charity" order (1973-1984), physician, author, Hope Endures. Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Meaning, William Heinemann, Australia, Free Press, 1st edition
2. December 2008
Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sister Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), founded by Mother Teresa, An Unquenchable Thirst. Following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, and an authentic life, Spiegel
und Grau, 13. September 2011

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Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe, Frauenorden der römisch-katholischen Kirche, gegründet in Kalkutta 1950 von Mutter Teresa mit zwölf Schwestern, 600 Missionen, 5.000 Schwestern in 137 Ländern [Stand 2010] (Tendenz fallend),
Persönlichkeiten Mutter Teresa

Buchbesprechung des Buchs Mutter Teresa. Leben, Werk, Spiritualität, C.H. Beck Verlag, 23. August 2006 von Dr. phil. habil., M. A. phil., Mag. theol. Marianne Sammer, deutsche Professorin für Kirchengeschichte und Patrologie, Der "Engel von Kalkutta", präsentiert von dem öffentlich-rechtlichen, werbefreien Rundfunksender Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Sendeformat Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sendetermin 25. Oktober 2006

Erste historisch-kritische mit Fakten belegte Biographie von Mutter Teresa

Artikel Mutter Teresa: "Der Platz Gottes in meiner Seele ist leer gefegt", präsentiert von der überregionalen bürgerlich-liberalen österreichischen Tageszeitung Die Presse, Anne-Catherine Simon, 31. August 2007
Artikel Den "Engel der Armen" plagten Glaubenszweifel, präsentiert von der deutschen Tageszeitung für Ärzte Ärzte Zeitung, Ruth Pons, 26. August 2010
Artikel Mutter Teresa. Fundamentalistin der Nächstenliebe, präsentiert von dem deutschen Nachrichtenmagazin Focus, Kathrin Zeilmann, 26. August 2010
Artikel Heiligsprechung von Mutter Teresa. Die Makellosigkeit der Heiligen, präsentiert von der Schweizer Tageszeitung Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Volker Pabst, Kolkata, 2. September 2016

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⚡ Kritische externe Weblinks

Informationsseite mutter-teresa.info [Im Neuaufbau]
They didn't say it Quotes falsely attributed to Mother Teresa and significantly paraphrased versions or personal interpretations of statements that are not her authentic words, presented by the Wordpress website fauxtations

Artikel Mutter Teresas Sterbehospize sind eine "organisierte Form unterlassener Hilfeleistung.", präsentiert von der britischen Tageszeitung The Guardian, 90iger Jahre
Blogartikel von Nicolaus Raßlof, Der heilige Schein der Mutter Teresa, 11. September 2011
Artikel Die Heiligsprechung einer dämonischen FrauMutter Teresa, die Ikone der Güte? (3), präsentiert von hpd video,
Kurt Schmid, 1. September 2016
Interview mit Msgr. Dr. Leo Maasburg, österreichischer Nationaldirektor der Päpstlichen Missionswerke, Mutter Teresa, Gastgeber Günther Klempnauer, präsentiert von der Publikation Der Dom, 10:11 Minuten Dauer, Lesezeit ~13 Minuten, 9. September 2016

Linklose Artikel

Artikel Nehmen ist seliger denn geben, präsentiert von der deutschen Wochenzeitschrift Stern, Walter Wüllenweber,
10. September 1998
Aufsatz Mutter Teresa, präsentiert von der deutschen Tageszeitung Berliner Zeitung, Walter Wüllenweber, Mitarbeiter der Zeitschrift Stern, 10./11. März 2001

Am Jahresende hat Mutter Teresas Orden stets über 90 Prozent der Spendeneinnahmen auf das Konto der Vatikanbank in Rom überwiesen. Referenz: Blogartikel von Nicolaus Raßloff Der heilige Schein der Mutter Teresa, 11. September 2011

Artikel Seltsame Seligsprechung, präsentiert von der Publikation "Bürger beobachten Kirchen", Mysteriöses; zitiert aus: "Mahnmal aktuell", Ausgabe 4, 2003

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External web links (engl.)

Wikipedia entries Criticism of Mother Teresa, Missionaries of Charity, women's order of the Catholic Church founded in Calcutta in 1950 by Mother Teresa with twelve sisters, grown to 600 convents, 5,000 sisters in more than 100 countries [status 2007]
Personalities Mother Teresa

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⚡ Critical external web links (engl.)

Article Mother Teresa of Calcutta (a.k.a. Kolkata), presented by Sunday School For Born Again Christians, Cliff and Joane, undated
Article Hating Mother Teresa, presented by the publication Catholic League, William A. Donohue, March Issue 1996
Susan Shields, US American former "Missionary of Charity" sister in a key accounting postion in the organization (1980-1989), Mother Teresa's House of Illusions. How She Harmed Her Helpers As Well As Those They 'Helped' , presented by
the bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary Free Inquiry published by the Council for Secular Humanism, volume 18, # 1, winter issue January 1998

Three crucial order rules at MC prevalent in religious congregations before Vatican ll:
Obedience – suffering – interdiction of human closeness
1. An obedient sister is doing God's will.
2. Sisters have leverage over God by choosing to suffer. Their suffering makes God very happy.
3. Attachment to humans interferes with the love of God and must be avoided or immediately uprooted.

Article Aroup Chatterjee (*1958) Indian physician working in England, Mother Teresa researcher, author, Deposition. "Mother of All Myths", 1998

Deposition submitted before the committee for beatification/canonization of Mother Teresa, February 1998

Article by Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) English-American journalist, atheistic author, Mommie Dearest. The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud, presented by the US American online magazine Slate, 20. October 2003
Article Former Catholic Sister Says Even Mother Teresa Is a Fraud, presented by the publication Arctic Beacon, Susan Shieldsi, 7. June 2007
Article Dissecting the legacy of Mother Teresa. New memoir from a former Missionary of Charity, presented by the Daily Xtra, Alistair Newton, 28. September 2011
Article Hemley Gonzalez: The Truth About Mother Teresa, presented by the US American web portal Big Think, Adam Lee,
12. December 2011
Article Tainted Saint: Mother Teresa Defends Pedophile Priest, presented by the publication snapnetwork.org, Peter Jamison, 11. January 2012

Mother Teresa's defense letter of Donald McGuire, a Jesuit priest serving a 25-year federal sentence for child molestation (2005-2030).

Interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sr. Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), founded by Mother Teresa, An Interview with Mary Johnson, Author of "An Unquenchable Thirst" Over a year ago, presented by the US American web portal Big Think, host Adam Lee, 14. March 2012
Article Mother Teresa Humanitarian Image A 'Myth,' New Study Says, presented by the US American liberal-oriented online newspaper HuffPost, Ron Dicker, 4. March 2013, updated 6. March 2013
Blog article A new exposé of Mother Teresa shows that she – and the Vatican – were even worse than we thought, presented
by Why Evolution is True?, 5. March 2013

Facts debunk the myth of Mother Teresa.
1. Mother Teresa was in love with suffering and simply didn’t take care of her charges, many of whom fruitlessly sought medical care.
2. Mother Teresa was tightfisted about helping others, seequestered money donated for her work, and took money from dictators.
3. Mother Teresa was tightfisted about helping others, sequestered money donated for her work, and took money from dictators.

Article Was Mother Teresa actually sort of a jerk? A new study claims the beloved nun might not have been as helpful to the poor as she could have been, presented by the UK/US based weekly news magazine The Week, Keith Wagstaff, 5. March 2013
Article Unmasking Mother Teresa, presented by Auckland Now, Rakesh Krishnan, 11. March 2013

Having analysed over 500 published writings researchers of the University of Ottawa found in March 2013 that Mother Teresa was a saint of the media, not the gutters. She cared about poverty and not the poor who received only 5% of the donations collected by the richest nun in history.
She deemed it beautiful to see the poor suffer.

Christopher Hitchens: "On one instance the [MC] nuns claimed, untruthfully of course, that Calcutta had 450,000 lepers,
knowing that the rich have a poor conscience and would promptly despatch their dollars."

Blog article Mother Teresa and her millions – Susan Shields & Walter Wuellenweber, presented by bharatabharati.wordpress, 2. March 2015
Article Why On Earth Is The Catholic Church Making Mother Teresa A Saint?, presented by the online publication All That's Interesting (ATI), Nickolaus Hines, 18. December 2015, updated 8. January 2018 1. Mother Teresa's "Selfless" Intentions Were Hardly Selfless.
2. The conditions at Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India were horrific.
3. Mother Teresa Ran In Some Questionable Circles.
4. No One Knows Where All Her Money Went.
5. She Wasn't Exactly A Champion Of Reproductive Rights.
Article Kolkata will take a century to recover from Mother Teresa, presented by the English-language Indian daily newspaper The Economic Times, Aroup Chatterjee (*1958) Indian physician working in England, Mother Teresa researcher, author,
3. September 2016
Article 'Troubled individual:' Mother Teresa no saint to her critics, presented by the US American TV channel CNN, news outlet CNN edition, Mallika Kapur, Sugam Pokharel, 4. September 2016
Article Indian lawmaker says Mother Teresa should be stripped of civilian honour over baby-trafficking scandal, presented by the Canadian news and current affairs publication Global News, Rahul Kalvapalle, 14. July 2018
Article Mother Teresa’s priest pal ‘raped boy more than 1,000 times all over the world’ author image, presented by the United Kingdom's highest-circulation print newspaper Metro, Jimmy McCloskey, 31. December 2019

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Audio und Videolinks

Video Dokumentation Das schwierige Erbe der Mutter Theresa, präsentiert von dem deutschen öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehsender ARD, produziert und erstgesendet 2010, YouTube Film, 43:31 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 28. April 2011
Video Fernsehdokumentation über Mutter Teresa, präsentiert von dem französisch-deutschen Fernsehsender Arte, Themensendung, YouTube Film, eingestellt 23.-26- August 2010
- Mutter Teresa. Heilige der Dunkelheit, Teil 1 von 5, 10:09 Minuten Dauer,
- Mutter Teresa. Heilige der Dunkelheit, Teil 2 von 5, 9:59 Minuten Dauer
- Mutter Teresa. Heilige der Dunkelheit, Teil 3 von 5, 3:39 Minuten Dauer
- Mutter Teresa. Heilige der Dunkelheit, Teil 4 von, 9:59 Minuten Dauer
- Mutter Teresa. Heilige der Dunkelheit, Teil 5 von 5, 10:59 Minuten Dauer
Video Interviewrunde über die Selige von Kalkutta mit Msgr. Dr. Leo Maasburg, österreichischer Nationaldirektor der Päpst-
lichen Missionswerke, Bernhard Meuser, Publizist (Pattloch Verlag), Theologe, Antonia Willemsen, Referentin von Kirche
in Not, Mutter Teresa. Ein Denkmal der Nächstenliebe, präsentiert von der Publikation "Kirche in Not", München,
YouTube Film, 27:44 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 14. Januar 2011
Videopräsentation von Msgr. Dr. Leo Maasburg, österreichischer Nationaldirektor der Päpstlichen Missionswerke, Mutter Teresa. Ihr Leben und Zeugnis für die Priester, präsentiert von dem Medienportal kathtube.com, Forum Altötting, 2011, YouTube Film,
39:39 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 28. Juni 2011

Filme

DVD Video von Maria-Magdalena Koller, deutsche Regisseurin, Mutter Teresa. Heilige der Dunkelheit, präsentiert von Studio SchröderMedia, 22. August 2010

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Audio and video links (engl.)

Video interview with Mother Teresa, presented by Building with Books (BwB), founder Jim Ziolkowski, Calcutta, filmed 1996, YouTube film, posted 11. July 2008

The interview questions were submitted by US American high school students.

Mother Teresa Interview (1996), part 1 of 2, 8:23 minutes duration
Mother Teresa Interview (1996), part 2 of 2, 10:01 minutes duration

Video presentation Mother Teresa: The Legacy, official film of the occasion of Mother Teresa's beatification in Rome, 2003, produced by Duart Film & Video, Ann Petrie and Jeannette Petrie, Canadian filmmakers, 2004, Gloria.tv film, 4:56 minutes trailer,
54:21 minutes duration, posted 21. March 2009
Video image series with Mother Teresa Mother Teresa, Youtube film, 4:06 minutes duration, posted 10. May 2006
Video documentary on Mother Teresa, YouTube film
- A Journey with a Saint, part 1 of 3, 5:05 minutes duration, posted 29. September 2007
- A Journey with a Saint, part 2 of 3, 5:09 minutes duration, posted 30. September 2007
- A Journey with a Saint, part 3 of 3, 5:12 minutes duration, posted 14. November 2007

Movie links (engl.)

Biographical television film Mother Teresa of Calcutta (film) Mother Teresa of Calcutta, directed by Fabrizio Costa, produced 2003, 180 minutes duration, issued 19. October 2003

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⚡Critical audio and video links (engl.) – Christopher Hitchens

Procovative video documentation (1994) by Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) English-American atheistic author, journalist, YouTube film, posted 23. October 2007
- Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa, part 1 of 3, 8:08 minutes duration
- Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa, part 2 of 3, 7:58 minutes duration
- Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa, part 3 of 3, 8:18 minutes duration

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Audio and video links (engl.) – Mary Johnson

Video presentation by Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sister Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), founded by Mother Teresa, Mary Johnson Author of "An Unquenchable Thirst", YouTube film, 4:37 minute duration, posted 4. June 2011
Video interview with Mary Johnson, An Unquenchable Thirst, host Darlene Chandler-Bassett]], filmed by the Post Production CineVision Productions, YouTube film, 17:05 minute duration, posted 15. July 2011
Video presentation by and Q&A with Mary Johnson, Discussion of "An Unquenchable Thirst", alternatively here: Video, sponsored by the "Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation", Museum of the "Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art", Brooklyn,
host and moderator Debra L. Schultz, feminist historian, 25. September 2011, YouTube film, 1:17:41 minute duration, posted
23. November 2011

Mary Johnson's last conversation with Mother Teresa Minute 27:40-41:05

Audio interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sister Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), founded by Mother Teresa, "Naughty Nun” Mary Johnson on Existential Crisis and Mother Teresa, presented by the Gwarlingo, podcast, 50:23 minutes duration, posted 7. March 2013

Linkless media offerings

Deleted video statement Mother Teresa Letter Defending Pedophile 'Authentic' and 'Disturbing,' Says Former Nun, YouTube film, 4:27 minutes duration, originally posted 12. January 2012, reissued by the Californian free alternative weekly newspaper SF Weekly, 9. February 2012

Response to the cover story presented by the free alternative weekly newspaper San Francisco Weekly, Peter Jamison, 11. January 2012 about Mother Teresa's defense of Donald McGuire, a Jesuit priest serving a 25-year federal sentence for child molestation (2005-2030)

Audio interview with Mary Johnson (*1958) former US American nun Sister Donata in the order of the Missionaries of Charity (1977-1997), founded by Mother Teresa, speaker, author, Living With A Saint, presented by the Canadian web radio station CBC Radio Tapestry, host Mary Hynes, Canadian journalist, 54:00 minutes duration, aired 16. October 2011
Deleted video statement by Mary Johnson, Christopher Hitchens Tribute, YouTube film, 3:50 minutes duration, posted
16. December 2011

Christopher Hitchens, British author of The Missionary Position. Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice (1995) about the saint's life and work reexamined and changed his conclusions about her after having read her letters on her crisis of faith published ten years after her death in 2007.

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¹ Article Mother Teresa’s priest pal ‘raped boy more than 1,000 times all over the world’ author image, presented by the United Kingdom's highest-circulation print newspaper Metro, Jimmy McCloskey, 31. December 2019 ⇑

² Colette Livermore, M.D., Hope Endures. Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Meaning, William Heinemann, Australia, Free Press, 1st edition 2. December 2008 ⇑

Anhand der Skala des Bewusstseins (Gradeinteilung von 1-1000), erarbeitet von Dr. David R. Hawkins, hat Mutter Teresa einen Bewusstseinswert von 700/710. Dies kategorisiert die in der katholischen Kirche Seliggesprochene umstrittene Nonne innerhalb von Hawkins' System als erleuchtete Weise im Bereich der nichtdualen Schöpfungsebene.
Quelle: Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, S. 126, Hay House, February 2002
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness. The Stairway to Enlightenment, S. 293, 2006

Hinweis: D. Hawkins sandte Mutter Teresa das Manuskript seines Buchs Power vs. Force. Ihre schriftliche Empfangsbestätigung, verfasst am 23. August 1991, missbrauchte er als Buchempfehlung.
Mutter Teresa an D. Hawkins: "Thank you very much for the book. Continue to use your beautiful gift of writing to the full, so that people may read the good news and glorify the Father, spread joy, love and compassion through what you write. The fruit of these three is peace as you know – the peace that comes from loving and caring and respecting every person as a child of God – my brother – my sister."

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