The wide attention given to Mother Teresa’s doubt about God and Christ represents an almost universal struggle which goes on in most of us who are believers.
Faith and doubt are the two sides of the same religious experience. Even Jesus felt that abandonment on Calvary about the presence of God, though at the last He said that He was able to give Himself into the hands of God with a blessed finality.
Faith and doubt are the two sides of the same religious experience. An example might be a silver dollar held up to the light. Viewing the coin from its top, one sees brightness and clarity. The bottom side of the coin is in shadows, away from the light. But it is the same coin.
There would be no doubt if doubt did not have something which makes doubt possible. What makes doubt real is faith – the ultimate capacity of the human spirit.
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