Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait - by Fr. Leo Maasburg
Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait - by Fr. Leo Maasburg
The following excerpt is from Igantius.com:
Mother Teresa's life sounds like a legend. The Albanian girl who entered an Irish order to go to India as a missionary and became an "Angel of the Poor" for countless people. She was greatly revered by Christians as well as Muslims, Hindus and unbelievers, as she brought the message of Christian love for one's neighbor from the slums of Calcutta to the whole world.
Fr. Leo Maasburg was there as her close companion for many years, traveling with her throughout the world and was witness to countless miracles and incredible little-known occurrences. In this personal portrait of the beloved nun (Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait), he presents fifty amazing stories about her that most people have never heard, wonderful and delightful stories about miracles, small and great, that he was privileged to experience at Mother Teresa's side. Stories of how, without a penny to her name, she started an orphanage in Spain, and at the same time saved a declining railroad company from ruin, and so many more.
Read more: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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