OUTSIDERS:     Cultures usually need the new life of strangers/outsiders in order to survive,

                             otherwise inbreeding leads to decay.

                            Anthony Gittins

Some Questions for Reflection:

How does Paul present Jesus as stranger?

Cultures can be challenged by Strangers. How did Jesus challenge Jewish identity of his day?

What can we learn from Jesus’ example?

 

The God-fire which burned in the heart of Blessed Edmund became in him the energy for transformation in the lives of many others also, especially the people who were poor, neglected and relegated to the margins of mainstream society. ... the wonderful mystery which Edmund and his early companions set out to express in their life and mission was to be nothing other than the god-life within them.

"Our sharing and reflection ... have drawn us to a global way of looking at the earth, its people and its needs. ... we bring a special sensitivity to the search for global unity in the one Creator God."

 

PRAYER:

Welcome, Lord Jesus,

into our flesh, into the heart of humanness.

I welcome Your godly holiness upon earth.

I welcome Your complete humanness

upon my life world.

I welcome You, Yourself, into my life and self.

I thank You that I may embrace humanity

and find myself embracing You.

For You remain in our flesh now and forever,

among humankind whose eyes reflect Your eyes,

whose use of words matches Your use of words,

whose need of you matches

Your willing need for us.