The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Thursday, 11 August 2016 "Generating Life"
A community cannot remain static. It is not an end in itself. It is like a fire which must spread even at the risk of burning out. A moment comes when a community can only grow through separation, sacrifice and gift. The more it finds unity, the more it must be prepared in some sense to lose it, through the free gift of some of its members who will create other networks of love and communities of peace.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 152]
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A community cannot remain static. It is not an end in itself. It is like a fire which must spread even at the risk of burning out. A moment comes when a community can only grow through separation, sacrifice and gift. The more it finds unity, the more it must be prepared in some sense to lose it, through the free gift of some of its members who will create other networks of love and communities of peace.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 152]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Wednesday, 10 August 2016 "The Significance of Each Life"
It is always good for individuals, communities and indeed nations, to remember that their present situation is a result of the thousands of gestures of love or hate that came before. This obliges us to remember that the community of tomorrow is being born of our fidelity to the present. We discover that we are at the same time very insignificant and very important because each of our actions is preparing the humanity of tomorrow; it is a tiny contribution to the huge and glorious final humanity.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 152]-------
The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Tuesday, 9 August 2016 "Insecurity"
A French civil servant said to me, "What you are doing is certainly very fine and I'm sure it is the ideal situation for handicapped people, but it depends completely on the motivation of the assistants. Does the government have a right to invest in a place which could disappear completely the day it can't find assistants who want to live that way? What guarantees can you give me?" Of course, I had none. But insecurity is one of the only guarantees that a community will go on deepening and progressing and remain faithful.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 149]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Tuesday, 9 August 2016 "Insecurity"
A French civil servant said to me, "What you are doing is certainly very fine and I'm sure it is the ideal situation for handicapped people, but it depends completely on the motivation of the assistants. Does the government have a right to invest in a place which could disappear completely the day it can't find assistants who want to live that way? What guarantees can you give me?" Of course, I had none. But insecurity is one of the only guarantees that a community will go on deepening and progressing and remain faithful.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 149]
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