Share!
Today’s key word is share!
The Chapter Assembly was divided into six groups of about 10 members each. Their common goal: to lay on the table some particularly “hot” issues concerning our congregational life. We concentrated our attention on the aspects of it that each of us prayed about and reflected on personally yesterday: questions, inner appeals and the voices of the many sisters in whose name we are here.
But this is not enough. It wasn’t just us and our internal problems that emerged. If that were the case, then we would have to honestly stop calling ourselves apostles of Jesus Christ in the world of communication! Many of our questions concerned the world and all its sufferings–the people at the doors of our communities who are asking for Life…the genuine Life that nourishes and satisfies hunger even in poverty. The object of our group sharing sessions is our future and all the good to be built and sown–the good for which we are directly responsible to God and the world.
The prospects are certainly many and we are only at the beginning of our journey. Perhaps some of you might be wondering if we get into “fights” during our sharing sessions…. No! Not at all! At the moment we are experiencing an interesting comparison of ideas from different positions and perspectives–a comparison that, in meeting after meeting, will require us to look for convergences, but not simply among the majorities. It is a question of facing and living the challenge of a discernment made together–a discernment lived in common–so as to reach a consensus that springs from listening to God, to the Church and to the world, all of which spur us on, tossing us to the floor from our comfortable armchairs.
Our group work was followed by a plenary assembly: the first moment in which we began to search together for convergences, common perspectives, new sparks of light. And the Holy Spirit made his presence felt in an amazing way: as in the Upper Room, his wind blew vigorously, showing us that despite a thousand differences and nuances of opinion, he was opening a path for us.
Will we decide to set out on it? We are launching a big SOS of prayer for this intention to all of you who are following our work in these days. We are counting on you!
See you tomorrow!#staytune #capitolo_ON #restiamoconnessi
Ariccia, 19 September 2019
