The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Thursday, 13 October 2016 "Community as Caring"JEAN VANIER'S Daily thought
>> Image from: Expo Haiti-Quebec (Jonathan Boulet-Groulx)"Community as Caring"
In community people care for each other and not just for the community in the abstract, as a whole, as an institution or as an ideal way of life. It is people that matter; to love and care for the people that are there, just as they are. It is to care for them in such a way that they may grow according to the plan of God and thus give much life. And it is not just caring in a passing way, but in a permanent way. Because people are bonded one to another, they make up one family, one people, on flock. And this people has been called together to be a sign and a witness, to accomplish a particular mission wish is their charism, their gift.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 20]
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