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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 .)

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