No Greater Love
No Greater Love is the essential wisdom of Mother Teresa - the most accessible and inspirational collection of her teachings ever published. This definitive volume features Mother Teresa on love, prayer, giving, service, poverty, forgiveness, Jesus, and more. It ends with an up-to-date biography and a revealing conversation with Mother Teresa about the specific challenges...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
February 1st 1997
by New World Library
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This is a book I randomly bought off a clearance shelf while in college and I just got around to reading it thanks to my book club. It is set up as a series of quotes and stories from Mother Teresa divided by topic (Prayer, Love, Giving, etc) which makes it easy to find just what you may be looking for. At the end of the book is an interview with her and then a time line of her life, both of which I found very interesting. I really enjoyed looking through her thoughts and learned a lot about her...more
Through the quotes that compose this book, Mother Teresa lives up to her reputation as a loving, devoted Christian and fellow human. When I first picked up No Greater Love, I expected to be inspired to live like she lived, but instead I was challenged to live like God wants me to live. Mother Teresa is brilliant (and reassuring!) in her acknowledgement that her lifestyle is not for everyone and that each of us is called to serve in a different way. She uses both her enlightened thoughts and her...more
so they say you can't chose a book by its cover right? i firmly believe that. No, just kidding, but in this case the book itself is just as pure and beautiful as the silky white front cover. As a missionary, a lover, a peacemaker, an ally of the poor and suffering, an icon of both the secular and church world and a tiny religious nun, just seeing the name Mother Teresa makes me smile. This book, in her own words, about the eternal Love and man's personal will of God, with a few short stories thr...more
Profound insight into a real international hero and icon. This book does not always demonstrate incredible layout or writing, but in it Mother Theresa provides her own thought-provoking perspective on the subject of love. The authentic words from this humble leader are truly inspirational given the life and experiences behind them all.
For anyone who thinks they fully understand love especially the love that Jesus came to this world to exemplify, this book is for you.
For anyone who thinks they fully understand love especially the love that Jesus came to this world to exemplify, this book is for you.
"A passionate testament to deep hope and abiding faith in God." I was fortunate to take a Religion course in college a few years ago and this book was the required text. A simple read, but still truly powerful and emotionally evocative. Sometimes it is the smallest and simplest words that make such a difference. It remains as one of my favorite reads that I find myself reviewing and reading over and over again. I highly recommend.
How can you DISLIKE the words and wisdom of Mother Teresa? Definitely what I expected, and not an exceptionally challenging read, but it presents us with extreme challenges to our self-centered world views. If you're looking for a way to make yourself want to go out and help your neighbor, look no further. If you're sick of peace and justice, well, keep this one on the shelf.
I love Mother Teresa and am so impressed by her life and the love she showed to others. I was fascinated to read the biographical details of her life in this book, and less interested in the Catholic doctrines that I couldn't quite understand. But her messages of love and prayer and of seeing Jesus in the poor people on the streets were wonderful.
Jun 12, 2012
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It was amazing to read the most private thoughs of a saint who decided to give up everything for love, a love that made her special, so special that everybody admire her. That is why i bough this book, i was curious to read what did she think about love... and i was not desappointed, she really is a saint.
May 05, 2009
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Fabulous book by Mother Teresa. Full of the love and joy of Jesus Christ and how he gave it to others. Makes people want to be loving and humble. I would recommend to anyone who believes in a God, not necessarily Jesus.
Mother Teresa has always been a source of endless inspiration and this book served to confirm that notion and revitalize my enthusiasm for community outreach. No Greater Love provided me with a deeper understanding of Mother Teresa's true compassion and commitment to serving god through charity, service and tangible love.
Jan 12, 2009
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My husband bought me this in 2004 right after I was baptized and married in the church.
Incredible words of wisdom from a woman who clearly had a great love for Jesus and humanity. Possibly one of the most inspiring books I've read in a long time. Her message is simple but very profound and touching.
This world would be a much better place if the rest of us could love with an ounce of the love that Mother Teresa expressed to those around her. I recommend this to everyone -- whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Agnostic or of any other creed... I think we can all be...more
This world would be a much better place if the rest of us could love with an ounce of the love that Mother Teresa expressed to those around her. I recommend this to everyone -- whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Agnostic or of any other creed... I think we can all be...more
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Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]), was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.
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