Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don't need a lot of money to be happy--in fact, the opposite.

To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.

One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing.

When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who understand and listen to them.

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

Community is not an ideal; it is people. It is you and I. In community we are called to love people just as they are with their wounds and their gifts, not as we want them to be.

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.