Day 4 Lenten Reflection

“Fr. Jean-Claude Colin, the founder of the Society of Mary, believed that ‘the Society of Mary must re-create the early days of the Church’ (A Founder Speaks, #115, 5) by being a community of cor unum et anima una – of one heart and soul. … I propose that we understand Fr. Colin’s eschatology as gesturing towards a kind of solidarity rooted in the heart of a mother. Re-creating those days of cor unum et anima una does not involve subsuming differences, but rather expanding consciousness so that all people – especially those most on the margins of Church and society – can experience the heart and soul of the Church in creative solidarity.”

(~ Nik Rodewald, An Invitation to Indigenous Solidarity?, August 26, 2024)