Micah Flint

Mother Teresa Had an Army

Most people seem to know who Mother Teresa is.  If you ask someone why Mother Teresa is so well known the typical answer would be “her work with the home of the dying in Calcutta with street people”, or “her love and care for the untouchables of India”, or “her work in orphanages”.  Then ask the same person, “who is Brother Andrew or Sister Luke?” and  you will get a blank look, with no response.  Do you know who Brother Andrew or Sister Luke are?  Probably not. 

Brother Andrew and Sister Luke were among the army of compassionate, dedicated, and sacrificial servants that ran the home of the dying in Calcutta.  These individuals live in the lime-light of Mother Teresa but they were the ones  that every day cared for the dying patients, completed the unpleasant tasks of care, and compassionately held those as they died so they would not go alone.  Sister Luke and Brother Andrew are just two of the army of hundreds who were “first of all religious; not social workers, not teachers, not nurses or doctors….All they did was for Jesus.  Their life has no other reason or motivation”.  - Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, Noble Prize Winner, has and will rightfully always receive credit for her work in Calcutta but her work would never had been if it were not for the army of sacrificial servants who “all they did was for Jesus”.

Thank you Brother Andrew and Sister Luke.