Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture

Q.What is said in the prayer of St Francis of Assisi?
Answer:-In the prayer of St Francis of Assisi, which Mother Teresa mentions in her speech, the Saint seeks inspiration from God so that peace and love prevail and the wrong doings are nullified. Hope, Light, and Joy are invoked to cure shadows and sadness. The prayer talks about making others comfortable rather than seeking comfort. This is possible when one becomes selfless and becomes forgiving. Such thoughts lead to resurrection of a truly Christian soul. That is why, in the prayer St Francis wants to understand others more than to be understood. He wants to love more than to be loved.
Q.What, according to Mother Teresa, is needed to overcome the evils of the world?
Answer:-According to Mother Teresa, the only thing that can overcome the evils of the world is Love. This love can begin at home and radiate everywhere. Love brings peace and peace can make possible the presence of God in the family. Each would be tied to the other by the bondage of love. If love is put into action, people would start serving other people and that would be the greatest way to serve God. If mutual feeling of love and compassion can be developed in this way, it would surely reduce hatred and misery. People would feel that they are wanted and they are loved and this would keep smile intact in their face even in their death bed.
Q.Why does Mother Teresa believe that it is not enough for us to say “I love God but I do not love my Neighbour”?
Answer:-Mother Teresa firmly believes in the Christian doctrine “Love thy Neighbour”. She argues that it is not possible to love God whom nobody can see if one is incapable of loving neighbours whom one always sees. So it is important for a person to love neighbours if one is to serve God. Jesus Christ loved human beings and Christianity says that that human should love as Jesus loved. So, loving mankind is the key to loving God. Complete and true love for God would invariably lead one to love those who are naked, orphaned, sick, homeless or somehow in misery and are living around us.