I Thirst: 40 days with Mother Teresa - Paperback

by Joseph Langford, M.C.

St. Teresa of Calcutta was a woman known and loved for her tender work among the poorest of the poor. Behind her drive and desire to serve Christ's poor was a profound understanding of the thirst of God for man, and man's thirst for God. This guided meditation on Scripture and the teaching of Mother Teresa will lead those who read it into the heart of the mystery of God's thirst for souls, and how man can meet the Lord's thirst. Fr. Joseph Langford, an intimate friend of Mother Teresa's and a co-founder with her of the Missionary of Charity Fathers, leads the reader into Mother Teresa's love of God, and helps foster the love of God in the heart of the reader. Divided into seven main sections, these meditations will provoke prayer - The Dynamics of Thirst
- Prayer as Thirst
- Our Lady's Example in Meeting God's Thirst
- Thirst in the Service of God
- Sharing in the Thirst of Christ
- Jesus as the Incarnation of God's Thirst
- Satiated Thirst
I Thirst provides an opportunity to spend a few minutes every day with Mother Teresa and the thirst of our Lord. It provides an opportunity to grow in intimacy, and to meet the thirst of God with our own thirst for him.

Genres: Catholic, Christian, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Religion, Faith

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 25, 2019

About the author

Fr. Joseph Langford, saw the book about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, “Something Beautiful for God”; the photo on the cover of the book touched him profoundly and from that moment he had a great desire to know her and her charism and to adapt it to the life of the priest. After his ordination to the priesthood, he founded, together with Mother Teresa, the Corpus Christi Movement for diocesan priests who wished to participate and live the spirituality of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in their priestly life. his Movement began to grow and to spread among priests in various parts of the world until on July 16, 1983, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Father Joseph had the inspiration to ask Mother Teresa to found a community of priests in the charism of the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa accepted to carry out this project which began in the city of New York as the Corpus Christi Fraternity. Soon became the religious congregation of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers.

In 1986 Father Joseph wrote the meditation, “I Thirst for you,” which has been translated into many languages and distributed throughout the world. This meditation is an expression of the spiritual sentiments that marked his life and his pastoral work. Fr. Langford spent most of the rest of his life working among the poorest of the poor in Tijuana, Mexico. He also wrote and published two important books, one about the Virgin Mary, and the second, “Secret Fire,” a profound meditation on the mystery of the thirst of Jesus, the center of Mother Teresa’s spirituality.

Reviews

[Ramón S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect book to meditate day by day. Deep meditations. Short but really profound. Highly recommended.
If you can’t do a solitude retreat outside of home, follow this book day by day and you’ll receive many graces

[Ann Ahrens Beck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading this book during Lent along with materials from Dynamic Catholic.

[gardeningmom7 · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The level of our faith sets the boundaries of our entire spiritual life.”

[Sonya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much more Joseph Langford than Mother Teresa.

[Michaela Bianco · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so comforting and convicting at the same time. It has deepened my understanding and practice of trust, surrender and knowing the love of God. It has helped so much in reminding me that He is so active in our lives and He is always patiently, but not passively, waiting for us. He is eager and desires you.

Love for love - thirst for thirst.

[Mary Biegler · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ I’m discovering that I have a hard time getting through books that are designed to be read one chapter per day or week. This book was good but I kept forgetting to pick it up. As for the actual content, it had a lot of great insight and the last several chapters were especially good and beautifully written. The reason for the lower rating is just that I found myself having a really hard time staying focused as I was reading it. This is probably partly my own fault and partly Satan trying to distract me, but regardless, it wasn’t an easy read for such a short book. It did feel like some parts were overly rhetorical, which made it harder to read.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for short daily reflections on the concept of the eternal thirst of God for souls and the thirst for God that every human has, whether they know it or not. Filled with excerpts from the Bible coupled with the timeless wisdom of Mother Teresa, this book helps us understand the love and thirst that God has for us and our thirst for God and how to quench them both. A rewarding and easy read that can bring you closer to Christ.

[Hope Hageman · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The degree of my thirst for Jesus on earth will be the degree of my satiation in glory..."

Picked this up as I'm trying to get back into daily spiritual reading other than doing Catechism in a Year. This was a great start- really accessible, easy to read, 2-3 pages each day, and really calls you out and encourages you to seek Jesus more each day, through the wisdom of St. (Mother) Theresa of Calcutta.

[Nik Havert · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's okay. There's not a lot of Mother Teresa's philosophy in this - at least in her own words. There's a quote from her at the start of each chapter, and the author then expounds on those themes...but that's it. The epilogue sums up the author's take on Mother Teresa's beliefs well, however.

[Mom S · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful daily dose of St. Theresa's philosophy and devotion.

[Christa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for Lent. Did it as a Bible study with a friend along with a video presentation on Formed

[Lisette Shields · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Mother Theresa and her way of life is a great way to spend the 40 days of lent

[Alona · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful book about Mother Teresa's love for Jesus. She thirst for him and more incredible is that Jesus thrist for us. It is a book on how to satisfy our thirst for Christ.

[Mackenzie Vanderhorst · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Mother Teresa and loved this devotional.

[Danielle Phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for 75 Hard. This was a decent meditation book. The middle parts weren’t as interesting as the last three or four days. The meditations during the Holy Week chapters were pretty fantastic.

[Isabella Onofrio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been fascinated recently by the whole idea of Mother Teresa’s deep dive into the thirst of Jesus. I thought that this was a good way to reflect everyday on that topic.