"She said what I needed was trust"
Attended a Bible study at our Church today, and my friend Jesse Scaria shared a story to bring out a point during one of the discussions. To be honest, I dont quite remember what the point that was being discussed ... but, the story Jesse shared about Mother Teresa was very inspirational.
Of course, found the exact story on the Internet, and repeating below. Truly she was a blessed person, and the story below makes her devotion to God even more incredibe.
"News of Mother Teresa's spiritual turmoil didn't shock Kavanaugh, who once sought her counsel as he pondered his future. He wasn't sure if he should return to America to become a university professor or if he should stay abroad and work with the poor. Kavanaugh asked her to pray for clarity.
"I was surprised when she said she wouldn't pray for clarity," he said. "She said what I needed was trust."
Kavanaugh responded to her that he assumed she had always had clarity; that she always had known what she was supposed to be doing.
"She said that she never had clarity; that all she had was trust."
For Kavanaugh, knowing that Mother Teresa spent years in what theologians call desolate prayer, makes her selflessness and life of service even more awe inspiring.
"It takes away that plaster notion of a saint," he said. "It really shows her profound humanity and her profound identification with our Lord and human suffering."(Full text at http://www.slu.edu/x17408.xml)
Of course, found the exact story on the Internet, and repeating below. Truly she was a blessed person, and the story below makes her devotion to God even more incredibe.
"News of Mother Teresa's spiritual turmoil didn't shock Kavanaugh, who once sought her counsel as he pondered his future. He wasn't sure if he should return to America to become a university professor or if he should stay abroad and work with the poor. Kavanaugh asked her to pray for clarity.
"I was surprised when she said she wouldn't pray for clarity," he said. "She said what I needed was trust."
Kavanaugh responded to her that he assumed she had always had clarity; that she always had known what she was supposed to be doing.
"She said that she never had clarity; that all she had was trust."
For Kavanaugh, knowing that Mother Teresa spent years in what theologians call desolate prayer, makes her selflessness and life of service even more awe inspiring.
"It takes away that plaster notion of a saint," he said. "It really shows her profound humanity and her profound identification with our Lord and human suffering."(Full text at http://www.slu.edu/x17408.xml)
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