The Letters Page #8

Synopsis: A drama that explores the life of Mother Teresa through letters she wrote to her longtime friend and spiritual advisor, Father Celeste van Exem over a nearly 50-year period.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): William Riead
Production: Freestyle Releasing
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
25
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
PG
Year:
2014
114 min
$1,053,288
Website
453 Views


They reveal the spiritual turbulence

and intensity of her life and work

over a period of six decades.

As her order expanded

with permission from Pope Paul VI in 1965,

she took no credit for her accomplishments.

She did everything possible to divert

the attention she received to God,

insisting that the work she was doing

was his work, not hers.

Her contributions in caring

for the sick and dying

and the homeless

made her admired throughout the world.

(applause)

And though she was not one

to accept any awards,

she was named recipient

of the Nobel Peace Prize,

a ceremony which she agreed to attend

only after being persuaded

that it would call attention

to the world's poor.

I'm very happy to receive this award

in the name of the hungry,

the naked, the homeless,

the crippled, the blind,

the lepers

and all those people who feel unwanted,

unloved,

uncared for-

the throwaway of society.

And as we are gathered here together today

to thank God for the Nobel Peace Prize,

I think it would be beautiful

to pray the prayer

of St. Francis of Assisi

which always surprises me very much.

We pray this prayer every day

after Holy Communion,

as it is very fitting for each one of us.

Lord,

make me a channel of your peace.

Where there is hatred,

may I bring love.

Where there is wrong,

may I bring spirit of forgiveness.

Where there is discord,

may I bring harmony.

Where there is error,

may I bring truth.

Where there is doubt,

may I bring faith.

Where there is despair,

may I bring hope,

that Where there are shadows,

I may bring light,

that Where there is sadness,

I may bring joy.

Amen.

And, you know, I always wondered

if 400, 500 years ago,

when St. Francis of Assisi

composed this prayer,

that they had the same

difficulties as we have today

because it is very fitting for us also.

Thank you.

BEN:

During her life,

she became an icon of compassion

to people of all religions.

Her work gave voice to the poor

in a way that was never possible before.

Archbishop Perier believed

that her loneliness

and her feeling of abandonment

had its root in the mystery

of Jesus' mission.

The darkness she endured

was an essential element of her vocation,

and the letters she wrote

an important testimony to her legacy.

She requested the letters be destroyed,

fearing that, to quote her,

"When the beginning will be known, people

will think more of me

and less of Jesus."

To her, she was just a servant of God,

God using her nothingness

for his greatness.

Today my work is done.

I submit to you all of my findings,

all my documents and testimony

as we Wait for a second miracle.

Based on my findings, I must conclude

that I cannot imagine anyone

more worthy of canonization

than Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu,

Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

WOMAN:

And I can barely look at you

But every single time I do

I know we'll make it anywhere

Away from here

Light up, light up

As if you have a choice

Even if you cannot hear my voice

I'll be right beside you, dear

To think I might not see those eyes

Makes it so hard not to cry

And as we say our long good-byes

I nearly do

Mmm, mmm

Oh.

Light up, light up

As if you have a choice

Even if you cannot hear my voice

I'll be right beside you, dear

Yeah

Louder, louder

And we'll run for our lives

I can hardly speak

I understand'

Why you can 't raise your voice to say

Oh.

Ah-ah, ah-ah'

Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah'

Ah-ah, ah-ah'

(vocalizing)

Yeah

Oh-Oh

Light up, light up

As if you have a choice

Even if you cannot hear my voice

I'll be right beside you, dear

Oh-Oh

Louder, louder

And we'll run for our lives

I can hardly speak

I understand'

Why you can 't raise your voice to say

Ooh-hoo

(vocalizing)

(ends)

(man vocalizing)

(vocalizing continues)

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