Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #204155 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

Synopsis
The need for love begins at home Mother Teresa is one of the most-admired women of the 20th century. This fascinating biography covers her childhood, her early years as a Sister of Loreto, her later call to love Jesus inthe guise of the lowliest by being poor with the poor, her new order, and her growing fame. The book also covers her illness, death, funeral, the new leadership of her order, and her probable canonization. Througout is emphasised Mother Teresa's message that the world most needs love and that love should begin at home, wherever that may be.

Customer Reviews

A great learning experience
The material is very moving and deep seated. I am not a deeply religious person, but this book has touched me. Elaine Stone presented facts about Mother Theresa of which the average person has no knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Virginia S. King, secretary NLAPW Inc, Cape Canaveral Branch

Elaine Murray Stone has a rare ability to bring Teresa alive
Elaine Murray Stone has the rare ability of bringing our saints and heroes to life. It is good to see her "Mother Teresa" living vividly in her pages, and so soon after that great saint's death. Perhaps we needed a princess and a saint, and how extra-ordinary that they died the same week. But Elaine Stone writes not about a dead saint, but a vibrantly living one, and in a style suited for both student and teacher. This is a beautifully crafted biography, and a needed one. It will be around for a long time. Madeliene L'Engle Newberry Award author

Dr. Stone's book does much to lead her readers to the saint
Dr. Stone's book does much to lead her readers to come and know the Mother Teresa of these qualities; a holiness that was rooted in joy, humility that was rooted in an openness to all God asks of her, and a humor that never allowed her to take herself too seriously. This book leads us through the journey of Mother Teresa's life when the dream of the young girl to be a missionary folds into "the pencil in God's hand" that comes to write God's loving signature on the minds and hearts of millions throughout much of the twentyth century. Father Michael Mannion, former chaplain of the Catholic University, Washington, D. C.