Finding Calcutta : what Mother Teresa taught me about meaningful work and service

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Overview: "Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are. . . . You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see." --Mother Teresa Content: Introduction: Telling the Truth About Mother Teresa 9 -- 1 Getting There 15 -- 2 A Day in the Life of a Missionary of Charity 20 -- 3 A Pencil in God's Hand 30 -- 4 Whatever You Did for the Least of These, You Did for Me 36 -- 5 The Church as Flawed and Finite 41 -- 6 Do All Things Without Complaining or Disputing 44 -- 7 It All Belongs to God 48 -- 8 There Is Always Enough 51 -- 9 The Vow of Poverty and Service to the Poor 56 -- 10 The Vow of Obedience 62 -- 11 The Vow of Chastity 65 -- 12 Small Things with Great Love 69 -- 13 Prayer Is Our First Work 73 -- 14 The Missionaries and Miracles 77 -- 15 If We Say We Have No Sin, the Truth Is Not in Us 82 -- 16 Here God's Grace More Abounds 87 -- 17 Sometimes We Get Lost When We Look at Numbers 90 -- 18 Don't Give In to Discouragement 94 -- 19 Mother Teresa's Dark Night of the Spirit 99 -- 20 The Humor of Mother Teresa 108 -- 21 Spreading the Fragrance of Christ 111 -- 22 It Matters Not, He Is Forgiven 114 -- 23 Fighting Abortion with Adoption 118 -- 24 Give Until It Hurts 123 -- 25 Revolutionaries for Love 127 -- 26 Mother Teresa and the Body of Christ 132 -- 27 The Uniqueness of Christ 139 -- 28 Leaving Calcutta 143 -- 29 Finding Calcutta 147 -- 30 My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts 149 -- Epilogue: Fall More in Love with Jesus Every Day 158 -- Appendix A: -- A Brief History of the University and Dominant Worldviews 161 -- Appendix B: -- Toward a Twenty-First-Century University 179 -- Acknowledgments 186 -- Notes 189 -- For Further Reflection 210 -- About the Author 223.