The L'Arche Canada of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Thoughts with Jean Vanier for Saturday, 26 November 2016 "The Anti-Gift"
A community is founded on the trust its members have for each other. This trust is very fragile and very weak. There is a place in all our hearts where doubt lives. People who sow discord have a flair for finding that place and feeding the doubt, which is how they can destroy community. And that is an anti-gift.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 260]
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The L'Arche Canada of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Thoughts with Jean Vanier for Friday, 25 November 2016 "Men and Women"
To exercise authority one has to grow in wholeness, seeking continually to harmonize the masculine and the feminine. For many years I have exercised authority together with women. I have seen how we help each other. I had certain gifts which were less developed in them, as they had gifts which were less developed in me. It is good for men and women to exercise authority together.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 259]
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