“Mother Teresa with almost pragmatic efficiency had brought together two perceived needs: the need for a kind of power house of prayer o the part of her Missionaries of Charity; and the need of the sick and suffering to find a meaning to their existence. Over and above this, however, many of the Sick and Suffering links became living witnesses to Mother Teresa's conviction that suffering could draw people closer to God. The letters of the Sick and Suffering bore such eloquent witness to her belief that 'suffering begets life in the soul' that in 1983 Mother Teresa would take the unusual step of actually suggesting that they should be published. The reason she gave was less uncharacteristic: 'It will help many people to love Jesus more.;” SufferingSicknessBiography Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Source: Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography
“she had also witnessed a courage which far exceeded endurance, a joy which transcended pain and the manner in which suffering could be the medicine which deepened people's humanity” PainSufferingHumanity Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Source: Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography
“to her Christ was actual and real, and for those prepared to perceive this reality suffering need be neither senseless nor solitary” Suffering Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Source: Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography