The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Friday, 23 September 2016 "The Greatest Resource"

The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Friday, 23 September 2016 "The Greatest Resource"
Sometimes the greatest resource of all can be a small gesture of kindness from someone who is poor. It is often a gentle look from someone who is vulnerable which relaxes us, touches our heart and reminds us of what is essential. One day I went with some sisters of Mother Teresa to a slum in Bangalore where they were looking after people with leprosy. The sores stank, and humanly speaking, it was revolting. But the people there had light in their eyes. When I left I felt inexplicable joy, and it was they who had given it to me.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 185]
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JEAN VANIER'S Daily thought

>> Image from: Portraits - L'Arche Greater Vancouver (Juan Olaechea)
"The Impossible"
We say there is an impossible gap between the rich and the poor, the powerful and the powerless, between the walls created between groups of people. And because we say it is impossible, we close up and say our world is doomed to warfare. But we are not doomed to warfare. What is important is that each one of us finds a place of hope -- that spark hidden in our person, sometimes hidden behind the walls.[Jean Vanier, Address to the Business Community, April 05]
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