In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers - Softcover

Mother Teresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577319001 ISBN 13: 9781577319009

Publisher: New World Library, 2010

Synopsis

In the Heart of the World is a powerful portrait of one of the most beloved women of all time, told in her own words through a fascinating blend of daily life experiences, prayers, and spiritual wisdom. Follow Mother Teresa to the streets of Calcutta, Rome, and New York and listen as she offers pearls of spiritual truth as relevant today as when she began her work more than sixty years ago.

With humor, compassion, and lyrical clarity, Mother Teresa illuminates the sacred in the intimate everyday tasks of living. In the Heart of the World bears indisputable testimony to the influence of a soul wholly dedicated — with a heart of love — to a life of service. Through this book, Mother Teresa will inspire you to reach out with love and compassion to others, and to work together for world peace.

About this title

About the Author:

Mother Teresa became known to the world for her selfless work with the poorest of the poor” in Calcutta, India. Born in 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia, Mother Teresa began her novitiate in India in 1928. Since its inception in 1950, her order, the Missionaries of Charity, has opened more than five hundred centers around the world to help the dying and destitute. Mother Teresa was the recipient of many of the world’s most prestigious humanitarian awards, including the United States Medal of Freedom, the United Nations Albert Schweitzer Prize, and the Nobel Peace Prize. She died in 1997.

About this edition

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1577319001
• ISBN 13: 9781577319009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112