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    Mother Teresa On Emptiness

    We are about three weeks away from Mother Teresa’s canonization!  I love this woman so much, and I really can’t wait! Over the next few Fridays, I am going to post a few simple quotes of hers, because they really are worth contemplating.   I won’t try to add to it — her words will do a much better of job of speaking to you right where you are.  Enjoy! On Emptiness: When we have nothing to give,  let us give Him that nothingness.   Let us all remain as empty as possible,  so that God can fill us. Even God cannot fill what is already full. God won’t force…

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    Mother Teresa: Why Beauty Matters

    You may know this already, but Mother Teresa is being canonized in Rome this September.  Granted, it’s one of those “um, yeah, we all knew she’s a Saint” kind of canonizations, but it’s still a really important moment in the Church. I mean, if this little old nun who literally picked dying people off the streets of India, removed maggots from wounds, offered the sacraments, fed the hungry,  and allowed the poor and forgotten to die with dignity and joy — if this woman isn’t a Saint, well then there’s very little hope for us, amiright? I mean, we should give up right now…because I still grimace and moan about my three years olds dirty…