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Preparation Outline
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the beautification of Mother Teresa who was a devoted to spirituality and humanity
Central idea: The loving memory of a remarkable woman who dedicated her 87 years of life to reaching out to poor, suffering and dying people all over the world, Mother Teresa.
Introduction
I. Take a moment and Imagine you are an abandon child and is lying on the dirty roads of Calcutta, India.
A. You are severely malnourished because no one you ask will offer you some of their foods.
1. You are painfully coughing from your tuberculosis.
B. When you give up all hope in despair, a gentle but strong arm reach out and pick you up off the dirty road.
1. This welcoming arm is like a ray of light in your dark world.
II. This is not a fictional story. This is a story for many poor and needy of India who was touched by Mother Teresa.
III. As a member of the "World Vision" (a Christian humanitarian organization serving the world's poorest children and families) I have had first hand experience with the poorest.
A. I've also learned a great deal about Mother Teresa's contributions to the poor from the articles and her books.
Body
I. Retrospection of Mother Teresa's past life.
A. This symbol of great tolerance and immense love was Agnes Bonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia on 26 August 1910
1. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call from God.
a. At the age of eighteen, she left her parental home Ireland, to join the Sisters of Loretto.
b. Here, she took the name "Sister Teresa"
B. In 1946, her life changed forever.
1. While riding traveling to recover from suspected tuberculosis, she said she received a calling from God "to serve him among the poorest of the poor."
2. In 1950, she founded a religious order in...
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