Episode 117 -- Come Be My Light ch 11.10 -- The Good God Called and I said Yes
Lectio et Oratio - A podcast by Fr Michael Eades of the Toronto Oratory
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How did Mother react when the Vatican asked for the historical origins of the Society and how did react to Sisters leaving the Society? With humility. When the Missionaries of Charity applied for pontifical status as a worldwide religious order directly under the Pope, Mother Teresa did not put her own call forward in detail. She did not want to be the centre of consideration. She always wanted the Society to be judged by the work they were doing for Christ and His poor. With deep pain. Mother Teresa loved all the Sisters who were part of this Society. She loved them with a supernatural love. She loved them with a motherly love. As a mother suffers when she sees her children hurting, so Mother felt great sorrow when two sisters left the Missionaries of Charity. We do not know the circumstances. Mother seems to have thought that a mistake was made somewhere. Perhaps they were not treated well. Mother not only felt sorrow, she wanted to learn from this painful event.