Christian Mission and Poverty

Chapter 8 Holistic Mission

A nonpossessing person should be free of both miserliness and greed; he should say: “What’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is also yours.”

~ Mary of Paris

Mission is faithful to scripture only to the extent to which it is holistic. In other words, it is faithful when it crosses frontiers (not just geographic but also cultural, racial, economic, social, political, etc.) with the intention of transforming human life in all its dimensions.

~ C. René Padilla

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