The Gospel Matthew 25:31-46 is what she had stated she was thinking of; she trained herself to see Christ in "the least of these." That may not make sense to everyone, but it makes eminent sense to me.
The Gospel Matthew 25:31-46 is what she had stated...
I have heard the comparison made many times by all kinds of service minded people, but in the few times I heard her identify the poor and lame as Jesus Christ, it came off as an extension of transubstantiation, in that they actually were the flesh and blood of Christ. I once dismissed the awkwardness of the assertion as something lost in translation, but within the context in which the statements were made, the view you and I are thinking of didn't seem likely.
Doctrinal accuracy was surely not her forte.