Is Mother Teresa Qualified to be a Saint?
[Is Mother Teresa Qualified to Be a Saint?
Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to
helping India's poor, will be made a saint by the Roman Catholic Church after a
second miracle was attributed to her. In the Roman Catholic religion,
in order for a person to be
sainted, they must be credited with bringing about two miracles after their
death through their intercession.
[Mike Gendron Comment] The widespread perception that
Mother Teresa sought to relieve the suffering of the poor was the furthest thing
from the truth. She believed suffering would help the poor make satisfaction for
their sins. This is consistent with Roman Catholic theology which declares the
sinner must "make satisfaction for" or "expiate" his sins by doing penance
(Catechism of the Catholic Church, para. 1459). At the end of her life, Mother
Teresa doubted the existence of God and heaven. In her private letters she
wrote: "Lord, my God, you have thrown [me] away as unwanted and unloved. I call,
I cling, I want, and there is no one to answer, no, no one. Where is my faith?
There is nothing, I have no faith."
Yet in spite of her lack of faith and her rejection of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
the pope will declare her a saint. Read more of Mike's comments in his
interview with Christian News Network." Pro-Gospel.org
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "What are your qualifications?"
I am a sinner saved by grace.
We are saved by grace alone (Eph
2:8-9), through faith alone (Eph
1:13;
2Ti 1:10), in
Christ alone (Isa
45:21,22;
59:16;
Ac 4:12).
Roman Catholics
deny this (Jude
1:11).
See:
Roman Catholicism
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I am humbled by the work Mother
Theresa did in the gutters of India with the unloved, throw-away children
that no one else was bothering with. I do not wish to walk a mile in
her moccasins. That is the only way I could presume to judge her. May
God bless her for the helping hand she extended even through her crisis of
faith. Really loving people seem to become targets of really unloving
people."
Pr 31:9,
16:25,
27:5
See:
Should Christians Judge? Judge Rightly
Is Not Some Guy's Name by Bob
Enyart
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Are any of us really "qualified" to
be saints?"
Any who believe
are saints (Acts
9:32,
41).
"Maybe Mother will be saved "as if by fire."..."
As if by fire
with fire
Lk 3:15–17
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [Are any of us really "qualified" to
be Saints?] "Yes."
Phil 1:27
"If you have a talking faith that is not a walking faith, you have a mocking
faith." ~ Jim Andrews
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [Walking the Christian walk and
"qualified"] "Not on any of our own merit."
You must have mistaken him for a glory-stealing
CathOlic.
Is 42:8
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "...[T]his being TOL; the internet
capital of passing judgment on others."
Pr 31:9
"...[T]he whole purpose of asking the question in the first place was to
slander Catholicism."
Eph 5:11
As a reminder PureX is number 37 on
Satan, Inc. (TOL Heretics list) in "The 'Jesus
is not God' people (Non-trinitarians) category.
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [To another member re: don't
judge rightly] "How can you defend from the wolves if you do not know who
they are? You have to judge if they are evil in their heart."
Jud 11
See:
Works vs. Faith
Is
Mother Teresa Qualified to be a Saint?