In the one recording we have of the writer Virginia Woolf,
she said, “Words belong to each other.” So then, by extension:
• If Jesus is the Word made flesh, and
• In the Eucharistic celebration we eat of this Word, then
• Through membership in the body of Christ we too become the
Word made flesh, which means
• We belong to each other.
What does it mean to belong to each other? The risen Christ
summarized it in a command to Peter: “Feed my sheep.” We are responsible for
sustaining each other, physically and spiritually. On a physical level, we need
to provide food for those who are hungry. Spiritually, we need to offer each
other the hospitality of silence that creates a space for God’s Word as it
exists in others to come into being.
When we listen to others, then, the Word of God comes to us
through them. Let us incline the ear of our hearts to those to whom we belong.
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