MOSAIC Fall 2016 | Page 10

ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA

She asked herself in anguish:“ Is God’ s absence a sign of sinfulness or favor? Am I to love the darkness and how?”

Dr. Ralph Martin

Even though the main lines of Mother Teresa’ s experience of“ darkness” had been known for several years, the full publication of her private letters in 2008 drew world-wide media coverage.( Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the“ Saint of Calcutta,” edited and with commentary by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC.)

8 Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Mosaic | Fall 2016