Nov 8, 2007 / 13:29 pm
A new book from Our Sunday Visitor Press explores the life of Mother Teresa while examining the reports about her spiritual struggles recently released to the public.
Titled Mother Teresa: In the Shadow of Our Lady, the book was written by Father Joseph Langford, MC, who helped Mother Teresa found her religious community of priests.
Father Langford, who knew Mother Teresa for thirty years, described the question he tries to answer in his book: "Who, in reality, was Mother Teresa, beyond headlines and magazine covers, beyond the easy clichés of those who observed her from the outside?"
In Father Langford's view, the key element in Mother Teresa's inner life was the person and presence of Mary, the Mother of God. The spiritual bond between Mother Teresa and Our Lady was noted by all who lived with her. For her it was not a peripheral devotion, but an integral part of her spirituality and mission.