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To: fr maximilian mary; swmobuffalo
I'm assuming by "conversion", we're talking about forcing how others think and see God because of potential punishment and wrath.

Can anyone imagine Mother Teresa on such a mission? Is there anything anyone can point to in her spiritual character that would indicate she could ever be that way?

Could anyone imagine her withholding her charity UNTIL those bacame baptized? Like saying "I'll feed you if you say you believe in Jesus!" How REPUGNANT is that?!?! Is that what Christianity has come to? Gathering "scalps" for lip service?

Mother Teresa was the embodiment of faith rooted in Charity! There are as many paths to heaven as there are individuals in the world. And, I believe that those who do not know the Lord in this life are given the opportunity to find Him in the next.

Mother Teresa was a servant of God. Those who are critical best examine themselves because they may find themselves servants of the wretched of Calcutta in the next life!

13 posted on 09/04/2007 9:18:36 AM PDT by DaveMSmith (Matt 13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!)
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To: DaveMSmith; fr maximilian mary; swmobuffalo
Conversion means turning from sin and turning towards God. And the only way to be saved from sin is in Christ Jesus. He alone is "the way, the truth and the life." (Jn 14:6).

So "seeking converts" is not about forcing others and threatening them with punishment, but informing and inviting them to salvation so they don't have to face that punishment.

"Neither is there salvation in any other name. For there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

Jesus said, "Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3

Mother Teresa served the poor out of love for Christ. "Whatever you did to the least of My brethren, you did it to Me." (Mt. 25:40). Although she served all unconditionally, seeing Christ in them, she also endeavored to bring many to the merciful Jesus through Baptism.

God bless...

14 posted on 09/04/2007 10:45:58 AM PDT by koinonia ("Thou art bought with the blood of God... Be the companion of Christ." -St. Ephraim)
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To: DaveMSmith

You obviously have a biased view regarding “conversion”. Not actively sharing the gospel to all who will listen is in direct defiance of Jesus’s command to do so. NO ONE forces anyone to listen nor forces anyone to convert (except Islam)nor withholds charity until conversion.

“There are as many paths to heaven as there are individuals in the world. And, I believe that those who do not know the Lord in this life are given the opportunity to find Him in the next.”

No and no.


16 posted on 09/04/2007 8:08:48 PM PDT by swmobuffalo (The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
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