A "Model" for 'Catholics'
“’Despite challenges she faced in her prayer life, Blessed Theresa of Calcutta is a model for all Christians,’ Auxiliary Bishop John Quinn said at St Gabriel Church, Detroit, Sept 5.” This was reported in the Sept 14 Michigan Catholic, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Detroit, in an article titled, “Blessed Theresa Called Model for Christians.”
The Catholic Church is always seeking to point people away from Christ, so Rome is famous for invoking Mary and various saints as “models” for the Catholic. And of course today, “Mother Theresa” (real name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, born in Albania, 1910) is a well-known and politically correct “model.”
But, let’s take a look at a few of the Christ-denying things “Mother” said over the years:
1. On not trying to convert people to Christ: “If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we are converting. We become a better Hindu, a better Muslim, a better Catholic, a better whatever we are…What God is in your mind you must accept.”
2. Speaking to the United Nations in October, 1985: “We gather to thank God for the 40 years of the beautiful work of the United Nations for the good of the people. No color, no religion, no nationality should come between us – we are all children of God.”
3. From a 1989 Time magazine article: “I love all religions…if people become better Hindus, better Muslims, better Buddhists by your acts of love, then there is something else growing there.”
Jesus said in John 15:19a: “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own.”
The world loved Mother Theresa because she was of the world, not of Christ. I’m not surprised Rome is using her as a “model for all Christians (read – Catholics).” She was just another cog in this “all religions are the same” machine.
The next time a misinformed person starts praising “Mother” as an example of a “saved” Catholic, remind them of what “Mother” believed. May the Spirit of God point Catholics away from Rome, and to the “better” and only Saviour – Christ ALONE for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life – no pope, Vishnu, Buddha, or Mohammed needed!
The Catholic Church is always seeking to point people away from Christ, so Rome is famous for invoking Mary and various saints as “models” for the Catholic. And of course today, “Mother Theresa” (real name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, born in Albania, 1910) is a well-known and politically correct “model.”
But, let’s take a look at a few of the Christ-denying things “Mother” said over the years:
1. On not trying to convert people to Christ: “If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we are converting. We become a better Hindu, a better Muslim, a better Catholic, a better whatever we are…What God is in your mind you must accept.”
2. Speaking to the United Nations in October, 1985: “We gather to thank God for the 40 years of the beautiful work of the United Nations for the good of the people. No color, no religion, no nationality should come between us – we are all children of God.”
3. From a 1989 Time magazine article: “I love all religions…if people become better Hindus, better Muslims, better Buddhists by your acts of love, then there is something else growing there.”
Jesus said in John 15:19a: “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own.”
The world loved Mother Theresa because she was of the world, not of Christ. I’m not surprised Rome is using her as a “model for all Christians (read – Catholics).” She was just another cog in this “all religions are the same” machine.
The next time a misinformed person starts praising “Mother” as an example of a “saved” Catholic, remind them of what “Mother” believed. May the Spirit of God point Catholics away from Rome, and to the “better” and only Saviour – Christ ALONE for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life – no pope, Vishnu, Buddha, or Mohammed needed!
posted by Robt. B. at 7:13 AM
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