St. Teresa of Calcutta and Pope St. John Paul II met on a few occasions. One year the Pope was in Delhi, India and Mother Teresa was in a car on her way to greet him. At one moment, she noticed a leper on the side of the road, and asked the driver to stop his car. She went over to him, consoled him, spoke to him for a while, gave him some hope and encouragement, and prayed with him with her eyes closed. Because of this stop, she was obviously late for her appointment with the Pope. One of the Cardinals mildly reprimanded her and told her she kept the Pope waiting for her meeting with him. She answered him by simply saying ‘Yes I know I was late, but I met Jesus on the road here.’
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