The individual person finds his peace and fulfillment, not in isolation, but in being an integral part of a community. At the same time, just as we are born into the community, the community becomes part and parcel of us. As an old African saying goes, “I am because we are”, if the human community is what it ought to be because it is borne and sustained by the spirit of communion. Hence, we see how essential and central the life of spiritual communion is to our personal and collective humanity. As Pope Francis says, “God’s name is Mercy”, we can see mercy can bring about healing communion to the world and those persons marginalized back to the fold of communion. Christians, as well as all men of goodwill, can indeed live and proclaim this good news. Read more…