E158: What Was It Like Being Mother Teresa's Friend? w/Jim Towey

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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What was it like to be a close personal friend of Mother Teresa? How did she handle a demanding schedule while still giving genuine attention to every person she encountered? What was her spiritual darkness like? Today I sit down with Jim Towey, author of “To Love and Be Loved” and former attorney for Mother Teresa. We talk about this wonderful saint (one of my biggest inspirations!) and what her heroic life was like. We explore the secret to her powerful influence over politicians and celebrities, and how her humor, humility, and deep compassion for the marginalized have solidified her legacy as one of history's greatest humanitarians.

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0:00.0	She spoke from her heart. She talked about how the evil of abortion, people interrupted the speech to stand up and applaud.
0:06.4	A lot of them were doing it to stick it to the president and vice president.
0:10.2	There's something very specific that the dark night that Mother Teresa experienced meant.
0:14.3	It floored us to find out that she had experienced this sense of being abandoned and forsaken.
0:19.7	I was stunned by it, but I think the Lord
0:21.9	allowed her those experiences so that she could enter into the experience of the poor and they're
0:28.5	being abandoned, unloved, unwanted, unwelcome. Jim Toey, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for having me on.
0:37.0	I'm so excited to talk to you.
0:38.7	Well, this is a blessing.
0:40.2	I've watched your work from afar.
0:41.5	I admire it.
0:42.3	And so it's great to be out here.
0:44.2	Thanks for making it out.
0:45.1	I know you're busy.
0:45.9	You've got a lot of things.
0:47.0	Your organization aging with dignity.
0:49.2	But you're here to tell us about your work and also your incredible friendship with Mother Teresa.
0:55.3	Yeah, life-changing and a gift that I hope I never forget the spiritual richness of what the
1:04.3	Lord did. So you have to try to pay that back, right? So I have loved Mother Teresa since I was
1:09.8	probably 12 years old, and I've admired her.
1:13.0	She helped me, inspired me to start live action, my organization.
1:17.0	I probably quoted her in more than 50% of every speech I've ever given.
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