When John Paul beatified Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003, he said of her, in part:
Recognizing him, she ministered to him with
wholehearted devotion, expressing the delicacy of her spousal love. Thus, in
total gift of herself to God and neighbor, Mother Teresa found her greatest
fulfillment and lived the noblest qualities of her femininity. She wanted to be
a sign of "God's love, God's presence and God's compassion," and so remind all
of the value and dignity of each of God's children, "created to love and be
loved." Thus was Mother Teresa "bringing souls to God and God to souls" and
satiating Christ's thirst, especially for those most in need, those whose
vision of God had been dimmed by suffering and pain.
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