No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God's faithful love.
Henri NouwenThe people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying.
Henri NouwenCommunity means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.
Henri Nouwen