More Agony Than Ecstasy
Mother Teresa, the tiny woman in the white-and-blue sari, was — and remains — well known to the world not for her looks or her wealth, but for simply tending to the poorest of the poor.
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Amy Welborn writes the Via Media blog on Beliefnet and is the author of numerous books, including Mary and the Christian Life: Scriptural Reflections on the First Disciple (Word Among Us). She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.
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More Agony Than Ecstasy
Mother Teresa, the tiny woman in the white-and-blue sari, was — and remains — well known to the world not for her looks or her wealth, but for simply tending to the poorest of the poor. She and her sisters lived and worked with the dying, the orphaned, and the rejected. Such a ministry could not be confined to one place, since suffering dwells everywhere, so today her order, the Missionaries of Charity, 4,500 strong, care for the marginalized throughout the world, from New York City to Manila.
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