I was desperate to search for the news article about the results of the most recent Nursing Boards here in the Philippines because – well, I just like to know. By the way, to a good friend, Victor Perez, RN, congratulations!

I finally got what I was looking for at the Inquirer website. Looking at the Pageone Image, I saw the following article:

You can read the full article here, as I did. I can’t believe what the headline bore. Mother Teresa, nearing her 10th death anniversary this September, is not called the living saint before when she was living for nothing. But this really is shocking. Then I tried to imagine how all the more hard it was to do what she did. As if what she told the world to do wasn’t epic and saintly in proportions, she must struggle within herself to rationalize why she does it.

But I remembered what she said. “Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.” She could have doubted God existed, but I believe it is only because she too busy looking after other people that she failed to take a look inside herself. There in her was God. Only He can love that much.