{"id":449,"date":"2007-08-28T16:30:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/08\/the-saints-hidden-life.html"},"modified":"2007-08-28T16:30:54","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T16:30:54","slug":"the-saints-hidden-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/08\/the-saints-hidden-life.html","title":{"rendered":"The Saint’s Hidden Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associated Press also covered the revelation about her dark years that the new compilation of writings, “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light<\/a>,” has unearthed. You can read the story, join the Beliefnet conversation, and take a poll about feeling the presence of God by clicking here.
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\nThe AP story begins with a quote from my former professor at Notre Dame, Richard McBrien:<\/p>\n

\nMother Teresa’s hidden faith struggle, laid bare in a new book that shows she felt alone and separated from God, is forcing a re-examination of one of the world’s best known religious figures.
\nThe depth of her doubts could be viewed by nonbelievers and skeptics as more evidence of the emptiness of religious belief. But Roman Catholic scholars and supporters of the woman who toiled in Calcutta’s slums and called herself “a pencil in God’s hand” argue that her struggles make her more accessible and her work all the more remarkable.
\n“It shows that she wasn’t a plaster-of-Paris saint who never had a doubt about God or the ultimate meaning of life,” said the Rev. Richard McBrien, a University of Notre Dame theology professor and author of “Lives of the Saints.” “This can only enhance her reputation as a saintly person with people who aren’t easily impressed with pious stories. Those who think otherwise have a lot of learning to do about the complexities of life and about the nature of faith.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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