When Mother Teresa is officially canonized, India will have its sixth saint in only 8 years

'We will do everything on our part to prevail, not to destroy love.'

Pope Francis recently confirmed Mother Teresa will be canonized on September 4 this year, which will make her the sixth Indian saint to be canonized within the past eight years.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) -  Mother Teresa, the "angel of the slums," will be canonized on "the eve of the anniversary of her death, which offered on September 5, 1997," CNN reported.

In Mother Teresa's biography, provided by the Vatican, it is explained that she lived her life in such a way that it "bore witness to the joy of loving, the greatness and dignity of every human person, the value of little things done faithfully and with love, and the surpassing worth of friendship with God."

Mother Teresa is best known for spending her life in the service of the needy. One of the more inspirational messages she had to give involved a call to bring people together to fight for life.

"And so, today, when [we] are together,  let us make one strong resolution. We will do everything on our part to prevail, not to destroy love. Life is created in the image of God.

"To love and be loved. And that's why today we are having such terrible evils happening everywhere. So much killing, so much destruction, and I always give the same answer. If a mother can kill her own child, murder her own child, what is left for others to do?

So, with this great, great  love, [this] loving action, if you and I iand each of us take the trouble to help the mothers, whoever they may be, wherever they may be, let us help them to want the child. And if they don't want them, tell them, 'Mother Teresa and her sisters want them."

Mother Teresa was a loving, caring woman who spent her final years in service to the poor, the lost, the forgotten and abandoned. 

She was born in Skopje, Macedonia and passed away in Kolkata, India. She passed away due to congestive heart failure in her home.

Though her loss was felt around the world, India can rejoice after September 4, 2016, when then-Saint Mother Teresa will become the sixth Indian saint to be canonized in the last eight years.

The others are Gonsalo Garcia, Alphonsa Muttathupadathu - who was the first woman saint, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Euphrasia Eluvathingal and Euphrasia (Rosa) Eluvathingal.

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