Haz algo hermoso para Dios es la invitación y el desafío permanente de la Madre Teresa al mundo. Esta no es una invitación abstracta, sino una profundamente personal e íntima. Hay muchas cosas que suceden en el mundo y muchas que suceden dentro de nuestros propios corazones, mentes y almas. Todo esto hace que sea fácil perder de vista lo que más importa y quedar absorto en lo que menos importa. La Madre Teresa es un ícono de la bondad, una de las mujeres más amadas de la historia. ¿Cómo se convirtió en alguien tan importante para tanta gente? Poco a poco. Por medio de pequeños actos realizados con gran amor. Te conviertes en un ícono de la bondad al esforzarte por ser bueno y hacer el bien constantemente. En estas páginas, encontrarás las enseñanzas esenciales de la Madre Teresa. Proporcionan una visión notable de las profundidades de su corazón, mente, alma y vida. Te consolarán en tu aflicción y te afligirán en tu comodidad. Pero ante todo, en medio de toda la actividad y el ruido de tu vida, oirás a la Madre Teresa animándote, diciendo suavemente: ¡Haz algo hermoso para Dios con tu vida! Haz algo hermoso para Dios es la invitacin y el desafo permanente de la Madre Teresa al mundo. Esta no es una invitacin abstracta, sino una profundamente personal e ntima. Hay muchas cosas que suceden en el mundo y muchas que suceden dentro de nuestros propios corazones, mentes y almas. Todo esto hace que sea fcil perder de vista lo que ms importa y quedar absorto en lo que menos importa. La Madre Teresa es un cono de la bondad, una de las mujeres ms amadas de la historia. Cmo se convirti en alguien tan importante para tanta gente? Poco a poco. Por medio de pequeos actos realizados con gran amor. Te conviertes en un cono de la bondad al esforzarte por ser bueno y hacer el bien constantemente. En estas pginas, encontrars las enseanzas esenciales de la Madre Teresa. Proporcionan una visin notable de las profundidades de su corazn, mente, alma y vida. Te consolarn en tu afliccin y te afligirn en tu comodidad. Pero ante todo, en medio de toda la actividad y el ruido de tu vida, oirs a la Madre Teresa animndote, diciendo suavemente: Haz algo hermoso para Dios con tu vida! Mother Teresa was born Agnes Bojaxhiu in Serbia on August 26, 1910. Agnes grew up in Albania, surrounded by wealth and prosperity. Despite their wealth, her parents were models of virtue. They loved each other deeply, and that love overflowed to Agnes and her sister. At the age of eighteen, Agnes left home to join an Irish order of nuns. Later that year, in December 1928, she set sail for India to begin her work as a novice for the Loreto Order. Now Sister Teresa, she spent most of the next twenty years teaching. In 1937, she made her permanent vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and as was customary adopted the title of Mother. By 1943, India was torn by war and famine. Mahatma Gandhi's great success in freeing India from British rule had become tainted by civil war between Muslims and Hindus living in India. More people than ever descended upon Calcutta. It finally became necessary for the Loreto Convent to move the children and the school outside the city. At this time, many nuns and whole orders decided to leave India and close their schools, but Mother Teresa stayed and worked tirelessly. As others left, she taught more and more classes, eventually teaching two subjects to eight grades. She was happy in her work and well liked. By the mid-1940s, her mere presence already had a power that had been born through hours of prayer and reflection. Soon Mother Teresa was appointed headmistress, and she wrote to her mother, "This is a new life. Our center here is very fine. I am a teacher, and I love the work. I am also head of the whole school, and everybody wishes me well." Her mother s reply was a stern reminder of her original intentions for going to India: "Dear child, do not forget that you went to India for the sake of the poor." Kipling described Calcutta as "the city of a dreadful night." Mother Teresa was in the capital of poverty, a poverty that most people never even witness firsthand, let alone personally experience. Have you been there? Have you seen it on television? Can you picture it