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Monday, November 12, 2012

Brothers and sisters

We have watered down the Gospel message that we are all children of God and, therefore, brothers and sisters. We use the more sophisticated and better- accepted term "solidarity".
I am inspired to reflect on this because of our Rector Major's speech two Sundays ago.
We are not called to be in solidarity with others; rather, we are called to be brothers and sisters. The fact that we are all children of the same God, call Him whatever name you want, makes us brothers and sisters. The thing is to put it into practice.
When I choose to be in solidarity I can decide the who, what, when, why, how and how long of this relationship.
Instead, when I take seriously the Gospel message of our universal fraternity in God, I break down all barriers!
We do not choose our brothers and sisters.
They are given to us, or they are "a given" to us.
We do not limit our response to our brothers and sisters to a gesture or a specific period of time. They are our brothers and sisters 24/7.
There is no break or vacation in being brothers and sisters. So there should be no break or vacation in caring for people.
The time to love them is here and now.

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