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St Philip Neri in the 16th century would gather those each day who were desirous of seeking Christian perfection. He would read from a spiritual book and then discourse on the meaning of what was read. This podcast (and the nightly prayer group from which it springs) seeks to carry on St Philip’s method of helping people become holy, even saints, in their own homes.
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
What made Mother comfortable and quiet in hospital?
Her Hindu doctor could not explain it. But when the priests brought the box to the room, Mother, even in her greatest final illnesses would be quiet and calm. The doctor told the priests, bring her the box. What box was he talking about? The tabernacle.
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Did Mother take advice in her later years?
Yes. In 1995, she made a trip to the USA. When she was in Charlotte, she met her old friend Bishop Curlin. They spoke about her interior emptiness. She liked the advice he gave her.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Did anything change as she got closer to death?
Her letters got shorter. One of Mother’s great tasks as Superior was communication with all the houses and various leaders in the Church. She also had much personal correspondence to keep up with among those who loved her. As she got closer to death, her correspondences were more brief. She loved to tell people to make “something beautiful for God.”
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Episode 152 -- Come Be my Light ch 13.11 -- Without Counting the Cost
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
How did Mother live towards the end of her life?
Like a simple sister. She was still the Superior General, but she did not give herself exemptions. She was up early. She was the first to the chapel. She washed the dishes. She lived a humble life.
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
As Mother Teresa got closer to the end of her life, did she continue to be helped by priests?
Yes. In fact, one of the most inspiring helps she received in 1993 was through the writings of the Pope himself, the Bishop of Rome. Around the same time, she received her last letter from her long time spiritual director, Fr Van Exem, S.J.
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
What did Mother Teresa do about the 1990 US-Iraq war?
She prayed. She pleaded. She wrote a letter to George Bush and Saddam Hussein. She went to Iraq and opened a house there. Her reaction to being in the Middle East is remarkable.
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
How many words did Mother Teresa use to summarize the Gospel?
Five. You-did-it-to-me. She took these words from St Matthew's Gospel. Our Lord said that he will separate the sheep from the goats based on these five words. As a Mother and a teacher, St Teresa of Calcutta found ways to plant this truth deep into the hearts of her followers.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Episode 148 -- Come Be my Light ch 13.7 -- People Are So Hungry for God
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
How did Mother react after she got her pacemaker?
She kept going strong! This medical procedure coincided with the fall of the iron curtain. Suddenly formerly Communist countries were open to missionaries. Mother visited and brought her sisters. What she found was an intense hunger for God.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Episode 147 -- Come Be my Light ch 13.6 -- Tell Mother Teresa that I Thirst
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Did Mother long to hear the voice of Jesus again?
Yes. On September 10, Mother Teresa had her inspiration day. In a way similar to St Paul, she heard Christ speak to her. He asked her repeatedly to bring His light to the slums. Years later, a priest was told by Christ to give her a message. Mother’s reaction is very interesting!
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Episode 146 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.5 -- A Witness to the Primacy of Love
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
How did Mother keep going? She loved. Her life is a witness to the primacy of love. Despite all feelings, she chose to follow the path she knew pleased Jesus.
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Episode 145 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.4 -- Where is Jesus
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Did Mother ever consult priests in North America about her interior darkness?
Yes. She was close friends with a priest and later bishop of Charlotte, William Curlin. Bishop Curlin testified especially to her sense of being far from God even when praying before the Blessed Sacrament.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Episode 144 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.3 -- Conviction of My Nothingness
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Episode 143 -- Come Be My Light ch 13.2 -- Jesus is the Light...I Light
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Why did Mother Teresa long to open so many house in the world?
To conquer the world for love. She wanted to place a tabernacle in all these countries so that she and her sisters could bring Jesus everywhere. She wanted Our Lord to be loved. Mother longed to hand on to others the One she loved with all her heart. The secret to being a missionary is one’s own love for Christ.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
What did Mother Teresa discover was worse than physical disease?
The feeling of being unloved and unwanted. The more Mother travelled, the more she discovered different kinds of sufferings. She had begun the work of the Missionaries of Charity with the poorest of the poor in Calcutta. She wanted to quench the thirst of Christ in these poor. Christ was in them thirsting to be loved. But Mother gradually realized that even those with the worst physical diseases are not the greatest sufferers.
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Episode 137 -- Come Be My Light ch 12.9 -- Helpless yet Daring
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Did Mother Teresa see good in others?
Absolutely! She was amazed at what God was doing in others. She saw the gifts that her beloved Lord gave to others. In her own spiritual poverty, in our sense of being unwanted, she was led out of herself. She was led to rejoice in the good she found. And she had a special gift for discerning the gifts God gave others.
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Episode 136 -- Come Be My Light ch 12.8 -- Not I live But Christ lives in Me
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
What did Mother especially admire in others?
Understanding love. Mother Teresa never separated truth and love. Love normally depends on knowledge. We cannot love what we do not know. But once we know someone, we can grow in our understanding of the person. We can understand better what motivates the person, for example. We can better understand how to help someone. Mother loved the phrase, understanding love. It captured the fact that our love for others, our willing good to others, in rooted in understanding of the person.
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Episode 135 -- Come Be My Light ch 12.8 -- Let the People Eat you Up
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Did Mother Teresa think we need human support?
Yes. She especially thought we needed the help of prayers from others. She begged for prayers. She prayed for others. But also she knew that we needed encouragement. She understood that Christ is our great support, but Christ acts through our fellow members of the Mystical Body.