tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post5928866332408605487..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: Come, Holy Spirit!The Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-23143884289276278342011-06-18T15:34:23.919-04:002011-06-18T15:34:23.919-04:00I just finished reading an Apostolic Exhortation b...I just finished reading an Apostolic Exhortation by Blessed John Paul II, Christifideles Laici. Like so many of our Church writings, it is as profound today as it was 23 years ago when it was written. It is a comprehensive document that offers rich insight, teaching, and guidance about living a holy, Christian life; but among other topics it has much to say about living in communion – with God and with each other. “The individual is lost and disoriented, but there always remains in the human heart the desire to experience and cultivate caring and personal relationships.” Indeed – ‘the individual’ is lost and disoriented. As the Matador said, the communion of the Trinity is the image of which we are made. We are lost and disoriented without communion – we are called to relive the very communion of God and cannot rest until we rest in that loving unity. The writing points to relationships such as “family” and “parish” as models of communion by which we thrive. These mutual bonds are not only comforting, but essential to who we are. Communion is part of our very being!<br /><br />While this great Exhortation acknowledges the “unique and irrepeatable” nature of each and every child of God, it convincingly describes the complementarity of the individuals that forms the communion of the Church – of the Body of Christ. It goes on to explain how communion leads to mission – and mission is accomplished in communion – but I have no doubt that is a topic for another day!anon 1noreply@blogger.com