There was something unusual about Saint Teresa of Calcutta that most people never noticed. Her feet. In her later years, her feet were reportedly badly deformed, with crooked, crowded toes. They were so striking that one person who saw them even wondered whether she had leprosy. But the explanation was surprisingly simple—and deeply moving. Mother Teresa was known for choosing the worst shoes from the donated footwear received by the Missionaries of Charity. Whenever better shoes arrived, she would leave them for her sisters. She took the uncomfortable ones. Shoes that did not fit properly. Shoes that others did not want. And she kept doing it. Year after year, as she walked countless miles and spent long hours standing and serving the poorest of the poor, her feet reportedly became increasingly misshapen. Her sisters could have had the better shoes. Mother Teresa chose otherwise. It was a small act that nobody needed to see. But perhaps that is precisely what makes it so beautiful. Her feet became a quiet reminder that her love for the poor was not merely an idea. She was willing to experience discomfort herself so that someone else could have something better. She once said: “If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.” Her badly deformed feet told a story that words could never fully tell. She spent her life walking toward the suffering—and willingly carried some of that suffering herself. Saint Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.
Abortion IS The Greatest Threat to Peace Today… 📅 September 5: Feast day of St. Teresa of Calcutta When Saint Teresa of Calcutta accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, she didn’t waste a moment. She spoke directly about what she believed threatens peace at its core: the loss of reverence for human life. She called abortion “the greatest destroyer of peace today,” because when a mother is pushed toward ending the life of her own child, the value of every person is weakened, and that wound spreads through society. But she didn’t leave the world with a warning alone. She called for compassion and real help for mothers who feel overwhelmed. She even promised to take in any child who was unwanted, urging communities to stand beside women in crisis rather than abandon them. For her, peace began in the family, and protecting the unborn was essential to building a world that truly loves. Her message remains one of the clearest and most influential pro-life statements ever made, still shaping the way people talk about human dignity and the worth of every life.as Mother Teresa actually a bad person? ⤵️
📅 On September 5, the Church celebrates Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
If you spend enough time online, you might start wondering. People say she wanted the sick to suffer, refused pain medicine, or barely helped the poor. Those are serious claims. But before you decide who she was, look at what she actually did.
Look at her feet. They were badly deformed. People who worked with her said she left the better donated shoes for others and wore the worst pairs herself. That small detail tells you a lot about the life she chose.
In 1946, Mother Teresa believed Jesus was calling her to serve the poorest people in Calcutta. With the Church’s permission, she went into the streets and found people starving, sick, abandoned, and dying with nowhere to go.
So she did not walk past them.
In 1952, she opened Nirmal Hriday, a home for the sick and dying. Her sisters washed them, fed them, cleaned their wounds, gave them shelter, and stayed beside them. Some recovered. Others died. But they did not have to die alone and forgotten.
She later opened a home for abandoned children and cared for people with leprosy, whom many were afraid to even touch.
Were there real criticisms of how some homes were run? Yes. Saints are not perfect. But that is very different from saying she loved suffering. Her life points the other way. She kept walking toward the people everyone else was walking away from.
And this is something we need to remember, especially today. People are so quick to believe whatever they see online without asking if it is actually true. As Catholics, we also know the devil loves lies, confusion, division, and anything that pulls people away from what is good. That does not mean every criticism is from the devil. But it does mean we should think twice before repeating accusations we have never checked.
So maybe the real question is not, “Was Mother Teresa good enough?” Maybe it is, “What does her life ask of me?”
You may never serve in Calcutta. But someone near you probably feels unseen, lonely, or forgotten. Start there.
Notice them. Speak to them. Help them. Pray for them. Love them like their life matters, because it does.
Holiness begins when love stops being something we talk about and becomes something we actually do.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.First Saturday Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother most pure, Mother most kind, on this First Saturday, we come to you with love and trust. We offer you our hearts, wounded, hopeful, and longing for peace.
We unite our prayers today in reparation for the offences committed against your Immaculate Heart and for all those who do not know your Son, Jesus.
Mary, Refuge of Sinners, intercede for us and for all who are burdened or lost. Wrap us in your mantle of grace and lead us closer each day to the Sacred Heart of your Son.
As we journey through this month of uncommon testimonies and divine approvals, intercede for us before your Son, Jesus. May doors that align with God’s will open for us. May our long-awaited answers come and situations that have caused us tears turn to resounding testimonies.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, we entrust this day and this month to you. Be our guide, our consolation, and our Queen. Amen 🙏🏽Mother Teresa used her 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to speak out against legalised abortion. “To me the nations who have legalized abortion, they are the poorest nations. They are afraid of the little one, they are afraid of the unborn child”Mother Teresa used her 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to speak out against legalised abortion. “To me the nations who have legalized abortion, they are the poorest nations. They are afraid of the little one, they are afraid of the unborn child”
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