"Community is a Matter of the Heart" by Joan Chitister

Community can't be taken for granted
by Joan Chittister on Jun. 26, 2011 *

"Community is a matter
of the heart
and the mind.
It cannot be created
by place alone,
and it cannot be destroyed
by distance alone.
It is of the essence
of the soul....

In a Monastery of the Heart,
what is important is
that we each be an extension
of the Gospel...What is imperative is that
the sharingof the common mind
be just as important
as once was the sharing
of a common schedule,
or a common dormitory,
or a common work."