Table of Contents
Foreword 9
Section 1 Fire in the Night 11
1 Why Mother Teresa? 13
2 A Life Bathed in Light 19
3 Calcutta: Backdrop to an Epiphany 27
4 A Message Discovered 37
5 In Her Own Words 49
Mother Teresa's "Varanasi Letter" (Excerpts) 54
Section 2 Illumination 59
6 In the Darkness, Light 61
7 "I Thirst": A Window on the Heart of God 75
8 A Legacy of Light: Part I 87
9 A Legacy of Light: Part II 107
10 Meditation: Entering the Light 129
Guided Meditation: "I Thirst for You" 133
Section 3 Transformation 139
11 The Power to Change 141
12 The Beauty of God Within 153
13 Encounter: Seeking His Face 169
14 Secret Fire 175
15 Drawn Into the Light 185
16 Naming the Darkness, Choosing the Light 203
17 Conversion: Thirsting for God 217
18 Joining the Thirst of God and Alan 233
Meditation on the Samaritan Woman 239
Conclusion: Light Bearer to Our Calcutta 249
In Memoriam 258
For Mother Teresa: A Psalm of Ascents 259
Appendix 1 "I Thirst": The Voice of Scripture 261
Appendix 2 " I Thirst": The Voice of Mother Teresa (An Anthology of Quotes) 275
Appendix 3 The Voice of Christian Tradition: Saints and Spiritual Writers 287
Appendix 4 Meditation: "I Thirst for You" 297
Notes 303
Author's Acknowledgments 311
Publisher's Acknowledgments 313