Thursday, 12 May 2016 "Community is a Place to Grow"
A community is a place where each person is loved and cared for and feels at home. To be loved and cared for does not mean just to be looked after; it means to be respected, called forth, challenged, and encouraged to grow both humanly and in the Spirit of God.... There can be a danger in all forms of community to see the community as mother and father, with the attitude of 'the community will look after me.' A real community is all of us together. There is no mom and dad up there telling us what to do....[Jean Vanier, Letter to My Brothers and Sisters in L'Arche, (1996) Introduction page 28]
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