The words one writes concerning another can offend or delight, discourage or inspire. It all depends on the author and what they have to say. Malcolm Muggeridge, the author of Something Beautiful for God, a biography of Mother Teresa, came to India to film a television special and write a book about Mother Teresa and the work she and her Missionaries of Charity do. The account of the events that took place and his interview of Mother Teresa, inspires not only by his full account of those events and of Mother Teresa’s testimony, but also by his reactions to what he saw and was told. Muggeridge shows how much Mother Teresa and the Sisters cared about the poor, how much they sacrificed, and that he felt strongly about what Mother Teresa and the Sisters did.
A very inspiring message carried throughout Muggeridge’s book, was brought forth through Mother Teresa’s work with the poorest of the poor. One of the biggest reasons she worked with them, and them alone, was they were not treated as human beings. She says in Muggeridge’s interview of her that, “I believe the people of today do not think that the poor are like them as human beings. They look down on them. But if they had that deep respect for the dignity of poor people, I am sure it would be… easy for them to come closer to them, and to see that they, too, are children of God.”(Muggeridge, p. 119). She not only wanted to make them to truly feel like children of God, but wanted …show more content…
Many have been reached through Mother Teresa and the works of the Missionaries of Charity, some due to the film and book Malcolm Muggeridge published in order to reach those who were out of Mother Teresa’s
A very inspiring message carried throughout Muggeridge’s book, was brought forth through Mother Teresa’s work with the poorest of the poor. One of the biggest reasons she worked with them, and them alone, was they were not treated as human beings. She says in Muggeridge’s interview of her that, “I believe the people of today do not think that the poor are like them as human beings. They look down on them. But if they had that deep respect for the dignity of poor people, I am sure it would be… easy for them to come closer to them, and to see that they, too, are children of God.”(Muggeridge, p. 119). She not only wanted to make them to truly feel like children of God, but wanted …show more content…
Many have been reached through Mother Teresa and the works of the Missionaries of Charity, some due to the film and book Malcolm Muggeridge published in order to reach those who were out of Mother Teresa’s