09/05/2026
Behind the saint revered around the world stood a woman who made people laugh and offered unshakable warmth.
Today, we're featuring Mother Teresa, who passed away on this day, September 5, 1997.
She greeted the poorest of the poor with the same tenderness she showed kings and presidents, and she found humor and joy even amid profound suffering.
Mother Teresa's funeral was a state funeral held in Kolkata, India. Her body lay in repose for a week so hundreds of thousands of mourners could pay their respects. The funeral procession retraced the same route used for Mahatma Gandhi's funeral decades earlier. She was laid to rest at the Missionaries of Charity Mother House, where her tomb remains a place of pilgrimage for people of all faiths to this day.
Her legacy reminds us that even those who become symbols were, first, simply people — shaped by small acts of kindness long before the world took notice.
