Missionary Renegade: The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Fruit of Our Communal Life" for Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Fruit of Our Communal Life" for Tuesday, 14 November 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Fruit of Our Communal Life" for Tuesday, 14 November 2017

DAILY MEDITATION: " The Fruit of Our Communal Life" for Tuesday, 14
November 2017

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Our society encourages individualism. We are constantly made to believe that everything we think, say, or do, is our personal accomplishment, deserving individual attention. But as people who belong to the communion of saints, we know that anything of spiritual value is not the result of individual accomplishment but the fruit of a communal life.
Whatever we know about God and God's love; whatever we know about Jesus - his life, death, and resurrection - whatever we know about the Church and its ministry, is not the invention of our minds asking for an award. It is the knowledge that has come to us through the ages from the people of Israel and the prophets, from Jesus and the saints, and from all who have played roles in the formation of our hearts. True spiritual knowledge belongs to the communion of saints.

For further reflection...
"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect." (Hebrews 11: 39, 40 (NIV))
Your response...
Whose shoulders are you standing on?

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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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