Mother Teresa: Of Faith and Doubt

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“For me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see,—Listen and do not hear—the tongue moves but does not speak.” “Such deep longing for God—and … repulsed—empty—no faith—no love—no zeal.—[The saving of] Souls holds no attraction—Heaven means nothing.” “What do I labor for? If there be no God—there can be no soul—if there is no Soul then Jesus—You also are not true.” Like an old-fashioned Morse signal, the cryptic and dot-dash punctuation somehow serves to emphasize and amplify the distress.

-- Christopher Hitchens for Newsweek

Mr. Hitchens gives us the opportunity to get something down on the recent news story that Mother Teresa, for all her fame and acclaim in being a devout servant of God and Church, actually suffered serious doubts of faith. Since Mr. Hitchens has been especially vocal lately about his atheism, you can rest assured that he gives us an interesting account.

( Hitchens )

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Mother Teresa: Of Faith and Doubt

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“For me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see,—Listen and do not hear—the tongue moves but does not speak.” “Such deep longing for God—and … repulsed—empty—no faith—no love—no zeal.—[The saving of] Souls holds no attraction—Heaven means nothing.” “What do I labor for? If there be no God—there can be no soul—if there is no Soul then Jesus—You also are not true.” Like an old-fashioned Morse signal, the cryptic and dot-dash punctuation somehow serves to emphasize and amplify the distress.

-- Christopher Hitchens for Newsweek

Mr. Hitchens gives us the opportunity to get something down on the recent news story that Mother Teresa, for all her fame and acclaim in being a devout servant of God and Church, actually suffered serious doubts of faith. Since Mr. Hitchens has been especially vocal lately about his atheism, you can rest assured that he gives us an interesting account.

( Hitchens )

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