Wikipedia photo of Mother Teresa.In honor of the publication of Loren's book, An Asperger Journey, I am remembering my beloved brother and the things that mattered to him. This five-part series includes: Loren and Mark Twain; Loren and Mother Teresa; and coming up, Loren and Hubert Humphrey, Loren and Jean Auel, and Loren and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Loren was passionate about good works, about living "a life of strength, grace, hope and dignity." We honor his beliefs and his faith in human kind.
Loren held Mother Teresa (August 1910 to 5 September 1997) in high regard because he believed in her good works. A Catholic nun from Albania, Mother Teresa spent 45 years of her life as head of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, helping the poor, sick, orphaned and dying, a tireless advocate for the neglected and the powerless.
She won the Nobel peace prize for her humanitarian work in 1979. Before that, in1960, she won India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. Not without her critics, chief among them Christopher Hitchens of the NY Times, Mother Teresa nonetheless inspired hope. She continued to work through her waning years, through ill-health and religious doubt, until she died.
Was she a Saint? The Catholic church is examining that question with the help of what is called her "postulent," Brien Kolodiejchuk, who is gathering evidence of her sainthood for consideration by the Pope and the Church. Saint or not, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta lived her faith through good works. Here are some of her quotes, which Loren and I wrote down and had on pieces of paper here and there:
Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person.
I have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt. Only more love.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
In this life we cannot do great things....we can only do small things, with great love.
Loren and Mother Teresa. Goodness and mercy. Our thoughts for the day.
She won the Nobel peace prize for her humanitarian work in 1979. Before that, in1960, she won India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. Not without her critics, chief among them Christopher Hitchens of the NY Times, Mother Teresa nonetheless inspired hope. She continued to work through her waning years, through ill-health and religious doubt, until she died.
Was she a Saint? The Catholic church is examining that question with the help of what is called her "postulent," Brien Kolodiejchuk, who is gathering evidence of her sainthood for consideration by the Pope and the Church. Saint or not, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta lived her faith through good works. Here are some of her quotes, which Loren and I wrote down and had on pieces of paper here and there:
Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person.
I have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt. Only more love.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
In this life we cannot do great things....we can only do small things, with great love.
Loren and Mother Teresa. Goodness and mercy. Our thoughts for the day.
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