Missionary Renegade: The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Communion of Saints" for Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Communion of Saints" for Wednesday, 8 November 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Communion of Saints" for Wednesday, 8 November 2017

DAILY MEDITATION: "The Communion of Saints" for Wednesday, 8 November 2017

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We often limit the Church to the organisation of people who identify themselves clearly as its members. But the Church as all people belonging to Christ, as that body of witnesses who reveal the living Christ, reaches far beyond the boundaries of any human institution. As Jesus himself said: The Spirit "blows where it pleases" (John 3:8). The Spirit of Jesus can touch hearts wherever it wants; it is not restrained by any human limits.
There is a communion of saints witnessing to the risen Christ that reaches to the far ends of the world and even farther. It embraces people from long ago and far away. It is that immense community of men and women who through words and deeds have proclaimed and are proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus.

For further reflection...
"For none of us lives to our self alone and none of us dies to our self alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord." (Romans 14: 7, 8 (NIV))
Your response...
Join hands through your words with this communion of believers.

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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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