Did Mother Teresa risk her life for other people?

Answer 1

she sacrifed her privacy and freetime do help these poor children

Answer 2

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Not as is generally known. When Mother Teresa's life might have been in danger from a heart problem and conditions related to old age, she sought treatment at renowned medical clinics in the United States, Europe, and India, receiving the most modern medical treatment in the world.

Catholic Answer:

Yes, Mother Teresa as well as nearly all of her Missionaries of Charity are exposed to numerous diseases on a daily basis from many of the people they treat. They try to minimize exposure by insisting on cleanliness of themselves as well as of those they treat. They are also exposed to the same dangers any outsider might find when wandering the streets of the slums of the cities in which they work - robbers, rapists, terrorists, etc.

The advanced treatment Mother Teresa received for an increasingly aggravated heart condition (which eventually killed her) was said to evidence her personal hypocrisy, while the factors that impelled the Missionaries of Charity to prolong her active life were ignored. She herself, at an advanced age, attempted to resign as Superior General of the order, but the sisters were unanimous in re-electing her in 1990 when she was already 80 years old.

Answer 3

AnswerOf course she did, she was doing very well as a teaching Sister of Loreto. She put all of her trust in God, gave up her vows to Loreto, and started on the streets of Calcutta with the habit on her back, a few cents in her pocket, only really the determination to do the will of God. Other than that, she had nothing, she started picking up the dying homeless and trusting God to provide her with the wherewithal to help them.

The answer is not obvious to modern people as they did not understand Mother Theresa (as of 2013, she is Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, with another miracle, she will be St. Teresa of Calcutta) because they do not understand real Christianity. Blessed Theresa of Calcutta, a Catholic sister who entered the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland to become a teaching sister, was sent to India to teach. Later, moved with compassion, and the love of God, she received a "call" from God to help the poorest of the poor. The rest of her life was spent in "darkness" which I discuss below.

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Modern people, and most people who call themselves Christians, think that going to Church on Sunday, saying some things, and being nice to people is what it is all about. They are completely missing the mark. Those kind of things are just the tip of the iceberg. Mother Teresa helped others by loving God above all things, putting Him first in her life, and doing His Will no matter how painful it was for her, and it was very painful.

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Mother spent most of her life in a dark night with no real feeling or personal knowledge of God. This is very common with the founders of religious orders, they are strong enough in their faith to make their way through life totally depend on Faith, Hope, and Charity: the three cardinal virtues bestowed on us in Baptism. She sacrificed herself completely for God, and was called a saint and a prophet for it.

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Mother Theresa helped others the way we are all called to help others, by getting up in the morning, and taking some time to give to God first. She spend an hour in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, went to Holy Mass, received Our Blessed Lord in the Eucharist, and went to confession frequently, and regularly. And, then, when she had done these things, she went out and lived her faith by seeing her God in every individual in front of her, especially the poor, the sick, the aged, and the abandoned. She served God by serving Him in them - which is nothing more nor less than she lived the Gospel with every breath in her body.

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Mother Teresa showed compassion for those who were less fortunate than she was. She gave them food, lifted their spirits, and helped them survive. She is and was considered a hero to many people. After her death, she was put on the short list for canonization, and in 2012 I believe she has already had one miracle attributed to her, and has been beatified. Of course, she loved children.

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The Church often says that the only real way to help people, the way to become a good spouse, parent, teacher, or whatever, is to become a saint. Mother Teresa believed and lived this. She helped the poor by becoming a saint.

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The various ways that she accomplished that was that she always did the Will of God even when she didn't feel as if God was there or approving of her. She cared for the poorest of the poor. She established hospices and hospitals for the sick and dying, she started in Calcutta as she started a new religious order, the Missionaries of Charity, which spread throughout the world. Today the Order still cares for the poorest of the poor, the sick and dying. Mother Theresa and her sisters went out into the streets and picked up the dying homeless to bring them to her hospice. They clean them, feed them, pray with them, and serve them so that they spend their last days or hours in dignity. She and her Order treat those dying of AIDS, the lepers, the untouchables, those whom nobody else will love and care for. She saw Our Blessed Lord in everyone of them, in disguise, pleading for our help and love. She treated them as she would treat Our Blessed Lord, Himself.

Answer 4

Living in a high crime area such as the slums of Calcutta, Mother Teresa had to constantly take precautions. Her sisters never went about in the city alone, they always went in groups of two or more. When they were first given a former Hindu temple by the government of Calcutta, a number of people were not happy about having Catholics taking over a former Hindu place of worship and made threats against her and her sisters. Of course, working in a country such as India where a number of dangerous diseases are rampant among the population such as tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, leprosy, AIDS and other diseases, she and her sisters were constantly exposed to such health problems themselves. For this reason Mother Teresa demanded that her sisters and volunteers follow strict cleanliness protocols when working with the sick.

Answer 5

Mother Teresa never faced any physical danger, being widely revered because of the work she reported doing in Calcutta, and having no real enemies. The only danger to her life came from age-related diseases, including a number of heart attacks, eye cataracts, kidney problems and broken bones. Fortunately she was able to afford the best medical care the world had to offer, seeking treatment at renowned medical clinics in the United States, Europe, and India. She even had her bedroom, in the order's Motherhouse, fitted out with with expensive, sophisticated cardiac equipment because of her heart condition. As far as she was able, Mother Teresa took no risks with her life and health, but finally succumbed to a heart attack.

Answer 6

Yes, she did. Especially lives of the unborn and of abandoned young children. Many of the adults she took in were already near death and beyond saving. She provided them with a clean bed, food and companionship so that they did not die alone in the gutters.

Answer 7

Mother Teresa was a loving caring women as she gave the poor charity and help and gave them food.