Mother Theresa cared so much about the unborn, but gave two shits about the sick and dying people that she refused proper treatment that could of saved them. Most proclaimed "saints" aren't actually saints.
Mother Theresa was a shit person. She believed that suffering brought you closer to God. I was Catholic growing up and saw her as an idol, then when I grew up I learned how horrible of a person she was. She absolutely wanted people to suffer.
Yeah that's a long standing Catholic bastardization of the role of suffering in the life of a follower of Christ.
Jesus warned that being his disciple may bring hardship and suffering because of faith in him, but he encourages perseverance despite that suffering. First of all he had to correct a Jewish misnomer that suffering was evidence of being rejected by God. Secondly God does not overlook the experiences of those suffering. Thirdly those suffering experiences cannot even compare to the hope of eternal life.
That does not at all justify some teaching to seek out suffering as a way to be closer to God. There is no spiritual masochism in the bible. Self preservation, praying for and receiving what we need and enjoy each day are not sins or somehow "less" spiritual than the one who is suffering.
It reminds me of the false witnesses in Jesus' trial before the chief priests. The false witness took something Jesus said and twisted it. What they said was "He said he would destroy the temple, and then rebuild something better!", when what he actually said was "If this temple is destroyed, I will build something better". See how word twisting completely changes the meaning.
Put into its actual context, her understanding was based in how St. Paul and all the early Christians and martyrs down throughout history (i.e. 'a great cloud of witnesses'), viewed the nobility of offering their own sufferings to God out of love, 'as imitators of Christ'.
And for balance, bear in mind that at the very same time - they were also going around profusely healing and delivering and raising from the dead.
It seems more likely (other than 'meanness') that Mother Teresa felt she was offering the poorest of the poor the absolute dignity of sharing in Christ's passion, (in cases where they also didn't exactly have access to all the wonderful 21st century Korporate Medi$ine we fortunately do...)
“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church ... to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints.” (Colossians 1:24-26)
People may not all share the same spiritual beliefs, but that doesn't mean to impute evil to others perspectives either. Understanding is a gift of the Holy Spirit:
St. Paul captured well this gift of wisdom: “What we utter is God’s wisdom: a mysterious, a hidden wisdom. God planned it before all ages for our glory. …Yet God has revealed this wisdom to us through the Spirit. …
The Spirit we have received is not the world’s spirit but God’s Spirit, helping us to recognize the gifts He has given us. We speak of these, not in words of human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, thus interpreting spiritual things in spiritual terms.
The natural man does not accept what is taught by the spirit of God. For him, that is absurdity. He cannot come to know such teaching because it must be appraised in a spiritual way. The spiritual man, on the other hand, can appraise everything. We have the mind of Christ” (I Cor 2:6ff).
Don't compare Hillary to Mother Theresa. Oh, wait. She is actually as horrible as Mother Theresa.
Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJG-lgmPvYA
Save those children!
Mother Theresa cared so much about the unborn, but gave two shits about the sick and dying people that she refused proper treatment that could of saved them. Most proclaimed "saints" aren't actually saints.
Mother Theresa was a shit person. She believed that suffering brought you closer to God. I was Catholic growing up and saw her as an idol, then when I grew up I learned how horrible of a person she was. She absolutely wanted people to suffer.
Yeah that's a long standing Catholic bastardization of the role of suffering in the life of a follower of Christ.
Jesus warned that being his disciple may bring hardship and suffering because of faith in him, but he encourages perseverance despite that suffering. First of all he had to correct a Jewish misnomer that suffering was evidence of being rejected by God. Secondly God does not overlook the experiences of those suffering. Thirdly those suffering experiences cannot even compare to the hope of eternal life.
That does not at all justify some teaching to seek out suffering as a way to be closer to God. There is no spiritual masochism in the bible. Self preservation, praying for and receiving what we need and enjoy each day are not sins or somehow "less" spiritual than the one who is suffering.
It reminds me of the false witnesses in Jesus' trial before the chief priests. The false witness took something Jesus said and twisted it. What they said was "He said he would destroy the temple, and then rebuild something better!", when what he actually said was "If this temple is destroyed, I will build something better". See how word twisting completely changes the meaning.
Great post 👍🏽
Put into its actual context, her understanding was based in how St. Paul and all the early Christians and martyrs down throughout history (i.e. 'a great cloud of witnesses'), viewed the nobility of offering their own sufferings to God out of love, 'as imitators of Christ'.
And for balance, bear in mind that at the very same time - they were also going around profusely healing and delivering and raising from the dead.
It seems more likely (other than 'meanness') that Mother Teresa felt she was offering the poorest of the poor the absolute dignity of sharing in Christ's passion, (in cases where they also didn't exactly have access to all the wonderful 21st century Korporate Medi$ine we fortunately do...)
https://catholicstand.com/complete-suffering-of-christ
People may not all share the same spiritual beliefs, but that doesn't mean to impute evil to others perspectives either. Understanding is a gift of the Holy Spirit:
https://catholicstraightanswers.com/gifts-understanding-wisdom
St. Paul captured well this gift of wisdom: “What we utter is God’s wisdom: a mysterious, a hidden wisdom. God planned it before all ages for our glory. …Yet God has revealed this wisdom to us through the Spirit. …
The Spirit we have received is not the world’s spirit but God’s Spirit, helping us to recognize the gifts He has given us. We speak of these, not in words of human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, thus interpreting spiritual things in spiritual terms.
The natural man does not accept what is taught by the spirit of God. For him, that is absurdity. He cannot come to know such teaching because it must be appraised in a spiritual way. The spiritual man, on the other hand, can appraise everything. We have the mind of Christ” (I Cor 2:6ff).
Video has interesting data points. Maxwell, Haiti, Communism/Authoritarianism, handing with Billionaire crowd.
Her only stand out item from the Clinton Foundation crowd was reproductive rights.
Like I would expect Christopher Hitchens say any thing good about any christian! He's a hateful prick
In the category of "Things that make yo go, hmm..."
Have you ever put a picture of Fauci side by side with one of "Mother" Teresa?
Came here to say both of these things.