Description
Mother Teresa: Angel of God by Fr. Eugene Palumbo, SDB is a concise, inspirational biography of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (canonized in 2016). Written shortly after her death in 1997 and before her beatification, it presents her life as an extraordinary example of imitating Christ through humble, radical service to the poorest of the poor.
Fr. Palumbo, a Salesian priest, portrays Mother Teresa as a modern "angel of God"--a living witness to divine love--who responded faithfully to God's call from her "call within a call" in 1946 onward. The book highlights her Albanian origins, vocation as a Loreto sister, founding of the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, and decades of work among Calcutta's dying, abandoned, and marginalized. It emphasizes her simplicity, humility, total surrender to God, and unwavering focus on seeing Jesus in the "distressing disguise" of the poor. Described as a "quick read" that's "as sweet and simple as Mother Teresa herself," it serves as an accessible, faith-affirming tribute for general readers, Catholics, or those inspired by saints' lives--often used in parishes, schools, or personal devotion.