Loving Jesus

by Mother Teresa

This is a collection of Mother Teresa's recent addresses, speeches, sayings, comments and an interview, together with a biographical sketch which pinpoints important dates and developments in her life. In most of the material, she focuses on the call to serve the poorest of the poor with the love of Jesus Christ. There is also much on the lack of love in modern family life, abortion, society's need to care for abandoned and unwanted children, the plight of lepers in the Third World and the scourge of AIDS..

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1991

About the author

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu[6] (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta,[7] was an Albanian-Indian[4] Roman Catholic nun and missionary.[8] She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. It also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and also profess a fourth vow – to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."[9]

Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope Francis.

Reviews

[Nathan Boris]

kind of randomly organized, and repetitive, but really inspiring content. key takeaway: when you are serving the poor and needy, it is as if you are serving Christ himself.

[Luke Langley]

This book was good, but only because Mother Theresa is great. It repeated itself and could have been more well organized. There are better books on Mother Theresa available, such as "A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve" by Mother Teresa and Brian Kolodiejchuk.

[Scott Thompson]

This book was wonderful. It is a set of homilies and has a few repetitions but the ideas are needed and applicable to our day. Great advice from an amazing woman. I am not Catholic but can't help but be impressed with Mother Teresa.

[Greg M. Johnson]

“Jesus under a distressing disguise of the poor.”

[Troy]

What a cool lady

[Joseph]

The author’s societal observations are keen and seem the product of conversing and truly understanding people, especially as they related to the issues that confront women young and old (abortion, family life, etc.). There was a certain sense that the author really delved into the issues she addressed despite her calling into religious life.

The absolutes are a little difficult to reconcile, especially for a non-religious reader. The author brings up an unwavering trust, confidence, and surrender that might be difficult for one to apply in a secular life, despite the knowledge that it is something to aspire to.

[Donna]

There are few books I cannot finish, but this was one of them. I was disappointed in this work, including in it's repetitive nature.