"But Calcutta was likewise a symbol of the wounds of each human soul, of each of the least, the last, and the lost the world over - trampled upon and forgotten in modern society's rush towards a life free from suffering. But it is precisely there that Mother Teresa remained, rooted and anchored to the very places of pain we fled. Where there was no love, she put love. Where there was no hope, she sowed seeds of resurrection. She turned Calcutta, at least for those she was able to touch, into a true "City of Joy." Many saw - and many, from the beggar at her feet to the Nobel Committee half a word away, understood. The draw, the mystery, and the phenomenon of Mother Teresa and her mission had begun.
In Calcutta's night, a light was rising."
-Mother Teresa's Secret Fire
By: Joseph Langford
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