Now all together ... Let's kill the messenger.
Posted on 08/05/2005 8:11:31 AM PDT by petconservative
I heard that Mother Teresa was bitching to God about the size of her halo compared to that of Princess Di's and then God pointed out that Di's was not a halo but a steering wheel.
That means that if you live in India you get the same medical care as a poor Indian does.
Very few women join the order because it is an uncompromising self-sacrifice.
"Luxuries" such as basic medical and dental care. I'm glad I'm not your spouse."
Oh my wife gets her teeth cleanings every six months. But she is not working with poor in an ascetic order of nuns. I believe BASIC MEDICAL CARE was indeed provided to the Order. You don't really believe this malcontent author do you?
Now all together ... Let's kill the messenger.
No way!
What a scandal!
Is that really all you have to back the slander up? That the Missionaries run a tight ship and save their money for future charity work?
I was one of her sisters for nine and a half years, living in the Bronx, Rome, and San Franciso...
I don't believe Mother Teresa spent too much time in any of these locales. This slanderer former sister must be mistaken.
Actually, I am a personal friend of the author of this piece.
The job with Mother Teresa was actually Sue's third occupation after leaving school. Her first job was tasting pies at a local pie factory; she quit that job because she decided she didn't like pie. Then she went to work at the mattress plant testing out mattresses, but she soon decided that was too stressful.
I never will forget the time my dad had paid several thosand dollars for a special hunting dog that could walk on water - he didn't have to swim to retrieve game. I invited Sue to go hunting with us, but didn't tell her about the dog's amazing talent. We shot ducks and Ol' Shep trotted across the water to get the birds every time. Sue never acknowledged Shep's ability. Finally, I turned to Sue and asked. "Do you notice anything about the new hunting dog?"
"Yeah", Sue said, "The sumbish can't swim."
This story is about as true as the author's!!
"Another is the belief that the sisters have leverage over God by choosing to suffer. Their suffering makes God very happy. He then dispenses more graces to humanity."
Oh boy. A badly cathecized Catholic convert. Why do they join austere orders in the first place?
I think she really misunderstands the concept of attachments and how one overcomes every attachment to every creature other than God and by creature I mean his creations and gifts. That attachment also extends to one's comfort and pleasure.
I am concerned about you, in reality, since you apparently hate Jesus with such a passion.
This woman has obviously not read "The Story of a Soul", about Saint Therese of Lisieux. I am almost done reading it now, and I am sickened by my actions in comparison with one that provides a true example of how to Love the Lord.
I mean, it's not like we've ever been told that's impossible or that the poor would always be with us.
Perhaps she had another goal in mind for the sisters and the people they served. But seriously, what could ever be more important than providing material goods.
So clearly the effort should of concentrated on spending all the money as soon as it was collected. After all, if there's one thing our socially engineered society has taught us it's that wealth is our only salvation.
Maybe there is some truth in what she is saying, despite a lot of good the sisters accomplished and still accomplish.
This entire "debate" has nothing to do about Jesus the living Son of God and much to do about personal sacrifice to appease God in some fashion. Salvation was/is a gift not a reward for behavior. I shouldn't have baited you.
Anyone with a copy of the Bible or the Catechism could refute this ridiculous "leverage" idea in five seconds.
When people abandon the truth for a lie, they need to lie about the truth to feel better.
Nothing we could ever do could "appease" God's righteous wrath or ever "earn" salvation. It's God's free gift to us which we could never deserve or merit.
I shouldn't have baited you.
That's a big statement. I applaud you and I apologize for my angry reaction to the bait.
Yup. Some silver linings have very dark clouds above them.
Wow! It can?!?!? Please verify it for me.
Obviously not an Old Testament, or Bob Dylan Fan...
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."
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