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A Compassionate Society
What sort of society do we want? There are, for me, a few principles. A society that encourages us to break open the shell of selfishness and self-centredness contains the seeds of a society...
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FROM BROKENNESS TO COMMUNITY
The Wit Lectures
Jean Vanier
"Underneath all his simple and seemingly unthreatening words, the question lay hidden: 'To whom are you called?' Jean Vanier's disarming but spiritually demanding presence does not allow his listeners or readers to remain neutral".— Henri J.M. Nouwen
(Softcover; Paulist Press, 1992; Pp52) The text in this book originated as two lectures given by Jean Vanier at Harvard University in 1988. He speaks eloquently of the lessons he has learned from the disabled adults he serves at his community in France and at other houses. He speaks of his own healing and his own need for people. He speaks of the power of belonging and how it satisfies the deepest needs in people. Vanier does not romanticize community. For him, community is a place of struggle and sometimes of conflict. Community is a place where the ego dies, a place of surrender. However it is also a place of celebration, joy and ultimately of human fulfillment.

 
L'Arche Canada - 2012