Trisha Yanduru
Mrs.Halpin
English 8H, Period 1
October 10, 2017 The Story of Mother Teresa
Dressed in a plain white and blue sari, Mother Teresa the savior of hundreds of children in Calcutta is honored for her kind heart and acts. She is known for helping out the poor children living on the streets of Calcutta, India. Seeing these children suffer made her uncomfortable so she decided to open up centers for them. Mother Teresa experienced a "call within a call" while she was surrounded by a slum, she decided to devote herself to help the poor and sick living on the streets of Calcutta and opened up centers for them people in need.
Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia on August 26, 1910. Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun. Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, this was the name she was baptized with. When Agnes was eight years old her father died, the reason for his death is still unknown. Growing up, Agnes was very close to her mother, Nikola. Her mother participated in church events and was religious bent. She was raised in a strict Catholic family and her mother was very dedicated to charity work. Looking up to her her mother, Agnes was taught the same.
Mother Teresa traveled to Darjeeling, India for the first
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Her first charity was opened in 1971 in New York City. In February of 1965 , Pope Paul VI granted Mother Teresa the Decree of Praise, this led to Mother Teresa gaining more opportunities for charity. Mother Teresa dedicated her life to children living in the slums of Calcutta because that is what made her happy. She wrote, "Where is my Faith—even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness and darkness—My God—how painful is this unknown pain—I have no Faith—I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart—& make me suffer untold agony." Mother Teresa believed that she received faith from helping
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“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”- Mother Teresa. Indian nun, Mother Teresa, was an outstanding individual, who's ideals and morals were saint-like which she displayed in three major events that she globally sunned everyone; Von Der Schulenburg death, her aid for the poor, and her fight against abortion. As these are all but a few over her courageous acts, she showed a Godly roll modal for other religions, and was rewarded with a nodel bell prize to show for her selflessness. In the book “Something Beautiful for God”, the anther was heavily criticized for not being impartial, however, which sets a higher president, “Inspiring” or “impartial”?
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Evidence from her residence in the Indian village of Calcutta reveals that she sympathized with the poor and the vulnerable people in the society. Although she had conducted other voluntary missions before, the love for human beings was revealed when she decided to live among the poor people in the village of Calcutta. Her compassionate nature was largely derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ. For example, one of the many articles on Mother Teresa observed that Mother Teresa was on several occasions heard quoting the teachings of Jesus Christ. One of the quotes that she referred to was “Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me” (Emilie 3). The foregoing reveals that she was ready to treat vulnerable human beings in a manner that upheld their
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