Mother Teresa’s work with the sick and dying in Calcutta, India, grew and more space was needed. City officials gave her a hostel located next to a Hindu temple devoted to the goddess Kali.
Not surprisingly some of the more radical Hindus were not pleased that Christian nuns were working on the premises of a Hindu goddess and perhaps proselytizing Hindus. So when Mother Teresa took over the building, violent protests followed. One day a Hindu leader gathered a mob of young people, armed with stones, to help him drive out Mother Teresa and her helpers. When she heard the hubbub outside, she came out the front door and courageously and calmly approached the mob. She soon learned who was leading this angry crowd and addressed him directly, inviting the Hindu leader to come inside and see for himself what the sisters were doing.
When he came out a short time later, the mob, still waiting for his instructions, asked him if they could begin what they had come to do – drive out the nuns with force. ‘Yes, you can,’ the man replied, ‘but only when your sisters and your mothers do what these Sisters are doing in there.’
Seven Women, Eric Metaxas, p. 177.
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