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A fellow student incorporated this quote into a presentation he gave on the Church and its role in mission and evangelization.

Great quote. It spoke to me on several levels.
  
"If you give to the people a broken Christ, a lame Christ, a crooked Christ-deformed by you, that is all they will have, If you want them to love Him, they must know Him first. Therefore, give the whole Christ - to the Sisters, first, then to the people in the slums. Do I give the Christ who is full of zeal, love, joy and sunshine? Do I come up to the mark? Or am I a dim light, a false light, a bulb without connection, having no current and therefore shedding no radiance? Put your heart into being a bright light...let the poor seeing you be drawn to Christ...Draw them to God but never, never to yourself."

   -Mother Teresa