Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonza Bojaxhiu) was certainly no beauty. She was short, very average and born to a grocery store worker in Macedonia. She married the Catholic Church and never got divorced. In the almost 70 years since Mother Teresa made her commitment, she never wavered. .
In his book, "Great Souls," journalist David Aikman.
describes how Mother Teresa never relied on worldly.
power. Instead, she relied on the moral authority that.
came from God--the authority she gained from living the.
Gospel as she ministered to the poor. And she was.
persistent.
How does one earn moral authority? Simply by being.
faithful--by doing one's duty. A few years ago I.
visited Vaclav Maly, the young Czech priest who had.
led 800,000 people through the streets of Prague in.
1989, driving out the Communists. I told him he was.
a great hero to many of us in the West. "Oh, no,".
Maly replied. "I am no hero. A hero is someone who.
does something he doesn't have to. I was just doing.
my duty.".
The great paradox of heroism is that we cannot achieve.
it if we set out to become heroes, only if we submerge.
our ambitions in obedience to God and do our duty as He.
calls us.
We've got to teach our young people the difference.
between power and moral authority. Politicians can.
gain political power. But as soon as they leave.
office, they lose power. But if the Christian is.
obedient to a transcendent calling, God confers an.
authority that will only grow over time--and that.
person will be a witness, whether in his own.
neighborhood or, as with Mother Teresa, to the.
whole world.
Princess Diana and Mother Teresa. These two women were so different, but so alike in some ways. Princess Diana was in the limelight doing her work, while Mother Teresa did her work while living a very simple life. Both women were very dedicated in their work and in what they believed. Both did tremendous work helping the sick, poor, and needy. Both women did their work out of love.
