Mother Teresa Research Paper

On a bright Sunday afternoon, tens of thousands of people filled the bustling St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Fluttering in the faint breeze, multiple flags from places including Albania, Macedonia, and India hung above the people. From commoners to government officials, young to old, people had gathered to witness the canonization of the highly respected late Mother Teresa. In her honor, the flags represented Teresa’s birthplace and other significant places where she changed lives of people who suffered around the world (Povoledo). She became a symbol of selflessness, charity, and love, but few know that during a military siege in Beirut, London, she single handedly managed to negotiate a cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians …show more content…
For example, Mother Teresa made her own successful congregation called the Missionaries of Charity (Rice 23). She humbly took it upon herself to make and organization that would end up helping so many people. Furthermore, “By the time of her death, 4,000 Mother Teresa's Sisters worked under her at 610 foundations in 123 countries” (“Teresa to Become saint”). These astounding numbers show her significant influence throughout the world, all for the good of humankind. Also, Mother Teresa was declared a Saint by Pope Francis I and won a Nobel Prize for Peace for her selfless work with the needy (“Mother Teresa”). This accomplishment signifies one of the highest honors and shows that Mother Teresa had an undeniable amount of compassion and generosity that she spread to people in poverty. These are a few of her most significant achievements that she accomplished, and that influenced thousands of people to help eliminate …show more content…
Mother Teresa not only fought for the poor, but set an excellent example by selflessly relinquishing her material possessions and ease of life (Christie). Part of her charm was how she not only preached to people advice, but she followed it too, even so to giving up the fortunes that inevitably came with her fame. She informed us of how little love we share with others and how we don’t take care of those whom we cherish and should protect as much as we should (Christie). Her years of wisdom showed in her advice, and everyone loved her for her honesty and compassion to people. Mother Teresa taught us that the success of a society cannot be measured in GDP, and that people glutted with things and enjoying a surfeit of goods is not successful if we don't have, as she put it, "the peace of heart which comes from loving - from doing good to others’” (Christie). Teresa did not take advantage of wealth and fame that came with her position, but instead chose to change the world for the better. Teresa had such a special charisma that she exuded when she spoke that attracted people to her kind

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