Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait

by Fr Leo Maasburg

Paperback, 2011

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6288

Call number

922.22 TER

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Available

Call number

922.22 TER

Pages

206

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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, 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. They all tell of her limitless trust in God's love, of the way the power of faith can move mountains, and of hope that can never die. These stories reveal a humorous, gifted, wise and arresting woman who has a message of real hope for our time. It's the life story of one of the most important women of the 20th century as it's never been told before.… (more)

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Ignatius Press (2011), 206 pages

ISBN

9781586175559

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta; a Personal Portrait. Leo Maasburg. Abridged edition. 2011. Father Maasburg was Mother Teresa’s spiritual advisor, confessor, translator and friend for many years. He describes her daily life and her work in Calcutta and around the world. The most interesting part to me
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was the account of Mother’s time behind the Iron Curtain. She reminds me of Mother Angelica the way she didn’t take “no” for an answer. She had faith that God would provide, and he did.
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