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The Rev. Robert McAfee Brown in an essay in Life magazine addressed the question, "What is the meaning of life?" He wrote: "I believe we are placed here to be companions—a wonderful word that comes from the Latin cum panis, 'with bread.' We are here to share bread with one another so that everyone has enough, no one has too much. Our social order achieves this goal with maximum freedom and minimum coercion." "There are many names for such sharing companions: the Body of Christ, the Kingdom of God, the Communion of Saints. And while the goal is too vast to be realized fully on this planet, it is still our task to create foretastes of it in this world. We are to generate living glimpses of what life is meant to be, which include art, music, poetry and shared laughter and moral outrages and special privileges for children only, and wonder, humor and endless love—to counterbalance the otherwise immobilizing realities of tyrants, starving children, senseless death and just plain greed." "We are here to be companions along the journey of life, to share bread with one another, to 'build up the Kingdom of God here on earth as it is in heaven,' to love one another as Jesus first loved you." Rev. Robert McAfee Brown  Quote this article on your site | Views: 707 | Print | E-mail
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Lectionary Passages for December 7th 2008
[Year B]
Second Sunday in Advent
Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Mark 1:1-8
2 Peter 3:8-15
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