Mother Teresa's loving ministry to the "poorest of the poor" and the "least" among us also included the littlest children of God. She was a champion for the sanctity of life. Columnist Cal Thomas of the Los Angeles Times described her moral courage at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 3, 1994.
In the presence of President Clinton and Vice President Gore and their wives, Mother Teresa condemned the violence of elective abortion and invited the United States to send unwanted children to her for adoption. In another meeting, Mother Teresa testified that even prenatal children have a mission in life, citing the example of John the Baptist, who leapt for joy in the womb of Elisabeth when Mary came to visit as the expecting mother of Jesus (Luke 1:39-44).Herod's slaughter of infants almost cut short the missions of John and Jesus, just as many little ones today have been terminated by the abortion holocaust. Like Jesus, Mother Teresa invited us to "suffer the little children to come unto
usT, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God" (Luke 18:16). Surely Mother Teresa and the littlest children will inherit the kingdom of God.
Cynthia L. Hallen
American Fork