Anyhow, I might have told the cancer sufferer that Christ was available and there to bear HER suffering, and that she should gladly roll that suffering onto Christ, He wants to bear that burden for her. Sometimes digging too deep into the mystical can leave everyone else just puzzling and un-benefited. Not to cast aspersions of course on this fantastically loving lady, and even our missteps God will redeem when we yield them to Him.
I suppose when I listed the breakfast speech, I was referring to her talk on abortion that Google wouldn't go for (but I didn't make that clear at all) and so they wouldn't honor her, but her talk on suffering was good too.
While Christ will help one with their burden of physical suffering, He only takes it completely away (on earth) on rare occasions, so you're left suffering on your own and there needs to be a good reason or you become dismayed/cranky/bitter. Mother Teresa handled all this suffering she came upon with her love (and humor too) which ultimately came from Christ.
I re-read her breakfast speech and found the following interesting:
If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace for the world. From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak - the unborn child - must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for.
I wonder if maybe we should all be praying more?! :)
P.S. My husband received a response letter from Mother Teresa, and whenever I think her typing on a manual typewriter (with white-out!) at probably 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, it makes me smile. (It's been said she slept only four or so hours a night.)
http://www.fightingirishthomas.com/2006/10/my-letter-from-mother-teresa.html