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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

There is a lot of truth to this statement which I could apply to numerous situations and encounters I have had.

" I think modern life, including life in the Church, suffers from a phony unwillingness to offend that poses as prudence and good manners, but too often turns out to be cowardice. Human beings owe each other respect and appropriate courtesy. But we also owe each other the truth-- which means candor."


                               - Archbishop Charles Chaput