Monday, 6 March 2017 "Humanity is One"
We are all part of the same human race. However different we may be through culture, race or disabilities, we are all human beings. We are all brothers and sisters. In Papua, New Guinea I went up into the mountains. There I met tribal people. The womenfolk wore few clothes, so did the men for that matter! I spoke to them about L'Arche, and then there was time for questions. They spoke about their lives and sickness and death, about joys and difficulties in relationship in their families and between families, about the menfolk drinking too much and about violence - all the same questions that could have come up in London or New York. Yes, we are truly of the same race.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 85]
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Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - L'Arche Canada for Sunday, 5 March 2017 "Our Gifts"
Sunday, 5 March 2017 "Our Gifts"
Envy is one of the plagues that destroys community. It comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. If we were confident in our own gift we would not envy that of others.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 51]
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