Author:Mother Teresa,Brian Kolodiejchuk
During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions, and none. Her selfless commitment to the care of the sick and the dying, as well as to thousands of others who no one else was prepared to help, has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world.
Yet this impressive collection of her writings shows a different and unexpected picture of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Her absolute conviction that she was doing God's will is well known but what is a revelation is the discovery that she fulfilled her mission in spite of feeling a chasm of spiritual emptiness within her, which lasted for decades.
This book is a moving chronicle of her spiritual journey and it reveals the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. It also illustrates how the experience of an agonizing sense of loss need not hold anyone back from doing something extraordinary with their lives.
Stunning revelations
—— New York TimesCome Be My Light raises questions about God and faith, the engine behind great achievement, and the persistence of love, divine and human
—— TimeRemarkable
—— Daily MailHis Holiness is a great man
—— Harrison FordA generous and sensitive road map to not-so-random acts of kindness
—— Publishers WeeklyHis Holiness speaks with wisdom and practicality on the full range of human problems
—— Pride MagazineFor the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt
—— Martin E P Seligman, professor of psychology, University of PennsylvaniaThich Nhat Hanh's words are like water. Simple, pure, transparent, and absolutely indispensable for life
—— Alejandro Iñárritu, director of Birdman and The RevenantJohn Gray, the counter-prophet who scorns all claims that humans can transcend the human condition ... You don't have to agree with Gray to enjoy the fireworks
—— Marek Kohn , IndependentElegant ... He is on to something important regarding the delusion that science consists of indefinite progress
—— Sunday TelegraphGray is an engaging writer, an entertaining historian and a controversialist whose opinions can never be taken for granted
—— New Statesman