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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (954)	10/9/1997 10:11:00 PM
From: Rambi	of 1014

I almost pulled this to DAR when I saw it this morning, Alex! Fascinating. I haven't read the book so my reaction is based solely on this review. I found it offensive and cynical and biased. I don't question his reporting of the facts; I question his interpretation of them. Mother Teresa was born in 1910, she left Yugoslavia to go to a convent in Ireland at the age of eighteen. From there she went to serve as a principal in a Calcutta school where she was so moved by what she saw that she asked to be relieved of her assignment so that she could work with the poor on the streets. She chose a life of scarifice and service. Was she used by the Church-oh I would guess so! But she believed fervently in what she was doing, and she was throughly indoctrinated by the Church in their interpretation of poverty, abortion, suffering... This man is judging her through the eyes of our modern" oh-so-enlightened" society. She looked at the world from a completely different perspective. I think when this article made me angry was when he used the term "bluffing". Does he think this woman was sophisticated and worldly enough to have understood and administered wisely such large amounts of money? Could she not have been manipulated and used? Can he so easily and cavalierly dismiss so many years, all of this woman's life, because it doesn't fit his Western definitions of perfect humanism? Because she didn't make ideal use of the funds? Because it didn;t fit his definitions of right and wrong? It reminded me of the scene in Gone With the Wind when Scarlett questions Melanie's taking of money from Belle Watling, the prostitute. Sometimes there can be truths deeper than many of us want or are able to see. Was her life a giant scam? Certainly there are mistakes and ignorance to be found--but who can claim otherwise? The farther we reach, the greater the potential for failing and certainly for the possibility of criticism. It takes great faith to step out as she did. I don't believe in saints. But I must respect anyone who attempts so passionately and wholeheartedly and consistently to live her life according to her beliefs, erroneous or otherwise. Far better that than the flabby faith or ethic many of us pretend to follow.

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