While travelling through India recently, I read an interesting book entitled, Finding Calcutta, by Mary Poplin. In the spring of 1996 Mary, an educator, spent time in Calcutta (Kolkata) volunteering alongside the Missionaries of Charity and Mother Teresa's work among the poorest of the poor.
The book provides a simple and yet profound look into the work of "Mother Teresa's life of work and service to the poor, participating in the community's commitments to simplicity and mercy."
The following are few of the insights I picked up while reading this very interesting book.
"Mother told me (Poplin) how people in the West are poor. In fact, she considered us the poorest of the poor spiritually because our physical comfort makes us believe we do not need God and our busyness makes us ignore him." page 59
"Our will is the only thing that God will not take from us." page 64
"Small things with great love." page 69
"There is nothing small to God, once you give it to God, it is infinite." page 71
"We ought not to be weary doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed." Brother Lawrence. page 72
The book provides a simple and yet profound look into the work of "Mother Teresa's life of work and service to the poor, participating in the community's commitments to simplicity and mercy."
The following are few of the insights I picked up while reading this very interesting book.
"Mother told me (Poplin) how people in the West are poor. In fact, she considered us the poorest of the poor spiritually because our physical comfort makes us believe we do not need God and our busyness makes us ignore him." page 59
"Our will is the only thing that God will not take from us." page 64
"Small things with great love." page 69
"There is nothing small to God, once you give it to God, it is infinite." page 71
"We ought not to be weary doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed." Brother Lawrence. page 72
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