One of the aspects I find most beautiful about community life is the idea of journeying together. We are pilgrim people. Our journeys are not to be made alone.
The people I have journeyed with and continue to journey with have had an enormous effect on my life. I have encountered Christ in each one of them. I’ve witnessed the miracles of Christ through these people. Among these people, I have seen a glimpse of Heaven.
We encounter Christ in others. From witnessing to their personal conversions; from their triumphs and joys to their struggles. Christ is made real through our relationships, through the love and the bond we share. It’s difficult to be a Catholic without community life. To be Catholic we are always called to go beyond ourselves. Our faith life is centred on communion. Communion with others, communion of the saints and angels, … with our Beloved Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist. The love of the Father, Son and Spirit is a communion of love. This relationship, this communion of Three Persons in One God, is the kind of relationship that Christ taught us to have as brothers and sisters.
So, my brother, my sister,… let us continue this journey together! You are not alone!
We are one in You, Lord.
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See, I leave the past behind;
a new land calls to me.
Here among you now I find
a glimpse of what might be.
I have fixed my eyes on your hills,
Jerusalem, my Destiny!
Though I cannot see the end for me,
I cannot turn away.
We have set our hearts for the way;
this journey is our destiny.
Let no one walk alone.
The journey makes us one.
—“Jerusalem, My Destiny”