Blessed Mother Teresa: stories of consecrated life...
(Vatican Radio) Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta who died fifteen years ago, is
perhaps one of the most outstanding examples of people in consecrated life.
One
of those to work with her on a daily basis was Monsignor Leo Maasburg. He recently
wrote a book drawn from the years spent with her as spiritual advisor.
The
title of this book is 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Personal Portrait: 50 inspiring
stories never told before".. .
As Monsignor Maasburg, currently National Director
of the Pontifical Missionary Societies in Austria tells Veronica Scarisbrick, the
book sheds light on some of the lesser known aspects of Mother Teresa, including episodes
relating to her travels from India to Rome, from Moscow to Cuba, to New York.
For
Mother Teresa, Monsignor Maasburg highlights, the poorest of the poor were not only
the people in Calcutta:"..find them in your own family , love them and put your love
for God into a living action for them.... I believe she has told us a lot about what
Christ meant when he said: 'love one another as I have loved you'..."