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Mother Teresa shows the way: Faith in scepticism

By Valson Thampu

“Where is my faith? Even deep down…there is nothing but emptiness and darkness… If there be God —please forgive me. When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven, there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives and hurt my very soul … How painful is this unknown pain — I have no Faith. Repulsed, empty, no faith, no love, no zeal…what do I labour for?”: Mother Teresa.     Let us have faith in scepticism! Cocksureness about God is an insult to God. The first truth about God is his transcendence. God, if there is one, cannot be owned, predicted, manipulated and wielded at will as an instrument of parochial or partisan interests. It is instructive to recall the response of the then Archbishop of Canterbury to the request of the Queen to pray for British victory in the Falkland war. The venerable archbishop told the Queen politely that he would have to pray for soldiers on both sides! That is the problem with God. We cannot draw an arbitrary line — geographic, ethnic, religious or cultural, and expect God to play partisan on our side.  More > LifeLine: Articles of faith and Spirituality: Valson Thampu - Mother Teresa shows the way: Faith in scepticism

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