TIME is featuring a review of a new book, "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light." The article describes the book as "Consisting primarily of correspondence between Teresa and her confessors and superiors over a period of 66 years, [and] provides the spiritual counterpoint to a life known mostly through its works." The article and the book provide an intimate look into Mother Teresa's enormous inner struggles to find God. The revelation of a recorded mystical dialogue between Christ and Mother Teresa after Communion is particularly moving.
[Jesus:] Wilt thou refuse to do this for me? ... You have become my Spouse for my love — you have come to India for Me. The thirst you had for souls brought you so far — Are you afraid to take one more step for Your Spouse — for me — for souls? Is your generosity grown cold? Am I a second to you?
[Teresa:] Jesus, my own Jesus — I am only Thine — I am so stupid — I do not know what to say but do with me whatever You wish — as You wish — as long as you wish. [But] why can't I be a perfect Loreto Nun — here — why can't I be like everybody else.
[Jesus:] I want Indian Nuns, Missionaries of Charity, who would be my fire of love amongst the poor, the sick, the dying and the little children ... You are I know the most incapable person — weak and sinful but just because you are that — I want to use You for My glory. Wilt thou refuse?
— in a prayer dialogue recounted to Archbishop Ferdinand Perier, January 1947
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655415,00.html
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