How did Mother Teresa impact the world today?

Answer 1

She devoted her life to helping the poor and influencing others to do the same.

Roman Catholic AnswerSeveral books have been written about Mother Teresa. She has founded two religious orders, one of men, and one of women; both of which operate world wide to help the poorest of the poor. And there is a wide network of lay people who not only help the religious in their work, but also pray for them. Mother Teresa was an example of all, especially those enduring the "dark night".

Answer 2

Mother Teresa inspired many people in many ways. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, which was made up of 12 Roman Catholic women who dedicated their lives helping the poor. As a nun, she left her convent after receiving a message from God, stating that her new calling was to tend to the weak, poor, and sick people of the country. She dedicated her life into providing education, medical care, and housing for the poor. From donations that her mission received, she was able to open an orphanage, leper colony, a nursing home, and many health clinics. She was also a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and received special recognition from Pope John Paul II for her charity work.

Answer 3

Mother Teresa was the first women who made dharamshala.

Mother Teresa would want the same thing today that she practiced when she was alive. To help and care for our fellow human beings no matter what their station in life. She believed that everyone deserves respect and kindness.

Answer 4

At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. These included hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counseling programs, personal helpers, orphanages, and schools. The Missionaries of Charity were also aided by Co-Workers, who numbered over 1 million by the 1990s.

Answer 5

Catholic AnswerThe answer is not obvious to modern people as they did not understand Mother Theresa, because they do not understand real Christianity. Mother Theresa, a Catholic nun who entered the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland to become a teaching nun, 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 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.

Her impact is lasting in the way St. Benedict, St. Dominic, St. Francis has been. Not only did she personally do a lot while she was alive, but she left a religious order which has spread over the world and it continues to do her work worldwide through hundreds of sister, brothers, and priests. This is the kind of lasting impact a person can only have when they cooperate fully with God.

AnswerMother Teresa's very life influenced the people of today's world.

She changed the world by making herself an example of how it was to be like Jesus in the modern days. She devoted her life to helping the poor and influencing others to do the same.

AnswerMother Teresa would influence us, in today's world, as she would influence others in times past or future; in other words, her influence is universal and timeless.

Her influence is one of lessons learned. Lessons of sympathy for the less fortunate, lessons of humility for burdens borne, lessons of sacrifice for needs begging relief, lessons of compassion for aggressions in opposition. In summary, lessons of humane works stripped of pretense in leading by serving.

N.B.: Mother Teresa [born: August 26, 1910; died: September 5, 1997, at age 87]

Answer 6

Let me answer your question with a story that has been around for years:

One day a man was walking on a beach when he saw another man coming the other way who appeared to be dancing. As he drew nearer he could see the man was not dancing but was gently picking up starfish from the beach and throwing them back into the sea.

"Why are you throwing starfish into the sea?" He asked.

"Because they have been washed ashore, the day is getting hot and if I do not throw them back they will die." Replied the dancer.

The man looked around him and saw that the beach went on for miles and that there were many thousands of starfish along its length.

"But there are too many" he protested to the dancer "you can't possibly make a difference."

The dancer smiled, picked up another starfish and gently tossed it beyond the waves, back into the sea.

"I made a difference to that one!" he said."

So, we might not see the changes that Mother Teresa made to the world and might not have even noticed if she had never existed. However, she made a difference in the lives hundreds of thousands of people - one at a time.

Answer 7

mother teresa has made a huge impact on the world because of all of her charitys, If she hadn't of done something for us back then our world wouldn'yt be the same today.