Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Mother TeresaSusan ConroyEdited by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. Now you can join Mother Teresa praying before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. In the summer of 1986, 21-year-old Susan Conroy left her family and friends and headed off to Calcutta to assist the Missionaries of Charity. Now, the author of the best-selling Mother Teresa's Lessons of Love & Secrets of Sanctity (Our Sunday Visitor) presents an outstanding, one-of-a-kind collection of the prayers, insights, and wisdom of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Each has been carefully, and prayerfully, selected for use in Eucharistic adoration. Here, too, are daily prayers of the Missionaries of Charity and some never-before published photographs of their work. Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Mother Teresa has received the personal approval of Sister Nirmala Joshi, Mother
I knew Mother Teresa throughout the course of 11 years before she was called Home to God. At the age of 21, I flew across the world and showed up at Mother Teresa's doorstep in Calcutta, India to offer my "hands to serve and my heart to love" the Poorest of the Poor. I helped to take care of the babies in the orphanages, and every afternoon I volunteered in Mother Teresa's famous Home for the Dying. This experience changed the course of my life. Amidst the ugliness and death in Calcutta, I found beauty and life. In this hell on earth, I experienced Heaven and I felt that I could touch God.
Before Mother Teresa passed from this life, she gave me her blessing and approval to write a book about my experiences. She told me to do it "for the glory of God and for the good of souls." When a saint tells you to do something, it is best to do it! I am not a writer, I am an Economics major, but I put my whole heart into it and this first book turned into an instant best-seller. It is presently in its 7th printing. One book led to another. I have published 7 books in all, some of which were limited editions. Most recently, I published a translation (from French into English) about "The End of the Present World & the Mysteries of the Future Life." It was originally written by Father Charles Arminjon over 100 years ago, and it is like "a lost treasure" that has been found! Saint Therese of Lisieux, "the Little Flower," who is so widely known and loved as "the greatest saint of modern times," read this book when she was only 14 years old. She drew enormous spiritual profit from it and, before her last breath at the age of 24, she shared: "reading this was one of the greatest graces of my life!"
In recent years, I was given the opportunity to host my own television show on a global television network called EWTN. This show is called "Speaking of Saints." You may see further details at www.susanconroy.com.
I am presently working on the most precious book of my life - about my Mom, whom I miss and love beyond telling. Mama joined the angels in May of 2006 after courageously battling cancer for 21 years. "I shall do everything to gain Heaven, for there is my Home. There I shall find my Mother." (Saint Bernadette)
