Jean Vanier’s Daily Thought – Thursday,
2 January 2014 “Celebration as Nourishment”
Because we've been called
together, we are a people of celebration, but in our celebrations there is
always a note of sadness because not all the people in our world are
celebrating. Not everyone is rejoicing. Many today are being crucified in
prisons and hospitals, or just downtown in the slum areas. Many people are
lonely and in pain. Along with the celebration that rises from a community of
thanksgiving, there is a note of pain but also a note of hope. We have been
drawn together by God to be a sign of the resurrection and a sign of unity in
this world where there is so much division and inner and outer death.(Jean
Vanier, From Brokeness to Community, page 52)
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