Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta

Image, 2009. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. New. 23-17-4. **Brand New Condition For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos And/Or Ask Us. "If I Ever Become A Saint-I Will Surely Be One Of "Darkness." I Will Continually Be Absent From Heaven-To Light The Light Of Those In Darkness On Earth." -Mother Teresa Of Calcutta During Her Lifelong Service To The Poorest Of The Poor, Mother Teresa Became An Icon Of Compassion To People Of All Religions; Her Extraordinary Contributions To The Care Of The Sick, The Dying, And Thousands Of Others Nobody Else Was Prepared To Look After Has Been Recognized And Acclaimed Throughout The World. Little Is Known, However, About Her Own Spiritual Heights Or Her Struggles. This Collection Of Letters She Wrote To Her Spiritual Advisors Over Decades, Almost All Of Which Have Never Been Made Public Before, Sheds Light On Mother Teresa's Interior Life In A Way That Reveals The Depth And Intensity Of Her Holiness For The First Time. A Moving Chronicle Of Her Spiritual Journey-Including Moments, Indeed Years, Of Utter Desolation-These Letters Reveal The Secrets She Shared Only With Her Closest Confidants. She Emerges As A Classic Mystic Whose Inner Life Burned With The Fire Of Charity And Whose Heart Was Tested And Purified By An Intense Trial Of Faith, A True Dark Night Of The Soul. Against All Odds, Katniss Everdeen Has Won The Hunger Games. She And Fellow District 12 Tribute Peeta Mellark Are Miraculously Still Alive. Katniss Should Be Relieved, Happy Even. After All, She Has Returned To Her Family And Her Longtime Friend, Gale. Yet Nothing Is The Way Katniss Wishes It To Be. Gale Holds Her At An Icy Distance. Peeta Has Turned His Back On Her Completely. And There Are Whispers Of A Rebellion Against The Capitol-A Rebellion That Katniss And Peeta May Have Helped Create. Much To Her Shock, Katniss Has Fueled An Unrest That She's Afraid She Cannot Stop. And What Scares Her Even More Is That She's Not Entirely Convinced She Should Try. As Time Draws Near For Katniss And Peeta To Visit The Districts On The Capitol's Cruel Victory Tour, The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever. If They Can't Prove, Without A Shadow Of A Doubt, That They Are Lost In Their Love For Each Other, The Consequences Will Be Horrifying. In Catching Fire, The Second Novel Of The Hunger Games Trilogy, Suzanne Collins Continues The Story Of Katniss Everdeen, Testing Her More Than Ever Before . . . And Surprising Readers At Every Turn.