“For the first time in this 11 years--I have come to love the darkness--for I believe now that it is a part, a very, very small part of Jesus' dakness and pain on earth. You have taught me to accept it [as] a "spiritual side of 'your work'"... (Mother Teresa, quoated in Kolodiejchuk, p. 208).” SufferingSpiritualityMother Teresa Book:Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta Source: Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
“The smile that covered a "multitude of pains" was no hypocritical mask. She was trying to hide her sufferings - even from God! - so as not to make others, especially the poor, suffer because of them. When she promised to do "a little extra praying & smiling" for one of her friends, she was alluding to an acutely painful and costly sacrifice: to pray when prayer was so difficult and to smile when her interior pain was agonizing.” TryingLittlesPainSufferingDifficultPrayerPoorSacrificePrayingPainfulExtrasMaskCoveredMultitudesInteriorsHypocriticalAgonizing Author:Brian Kolodiejchuk
“There is so much deep contradiction in my soul. Such deep longing for God - so deep that it is painful - a suffering continual - and yet not wanted by God - repulsed - empty - no faith - no love - no zeal. Souls hold no attraction - Heaven means nothing - to me it looks like an empty place - the thought of it means nothing to me and yet this torturing longing for God. Pray for me please that I keep smiling at Him in spite of everything. For I am only His - so He has every right over me. I am perfectly happy to be nobody even to God. . . . Your devoted child in J.C. M. Teresa” LooksMeanChildrenSoulWantedSufferingHeavenPrayingPleaseEmptyLongingPainfulAttractionMy SoulSpiteContradictionDevotedZealPraying To GodNo LoveTeresaKeep SmilingJust Keep SmilingPray For MeEmpty PlacesLonging For God Author:Brian Kolodiejchuk
