Tag: St. Damien of Molokai
St. Damien wasn’t a white savior, but he was like Christ
His mission wasn’t to bestow salvation on them, but to help restore them to a life of dignity that they deserved as fellow human beings, by teaching them about Christ, by helping them to take care of themselves, and most of all by becoming one of them.
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