Small Group

Tonight was the first meeting of the small group I will lead for the next several weeks. I have eleven participants in my group and I was surprised that they seemed to have little contact with each other even though most have been in the parish for a relatively long time. It is interesting to me that one of Jesus most consistent messages is for us to love one another. How is that possible if we worship together but don't even know each other. The world gets more crowded all the time as population grows, and yet people seem to get more isolated and more isolated as the decades go by. We live alone in a crowd or we share our lives with a select few while protecting ourselves from so many others. I enjoyed the way the group shared tonight and I hope they also felt comfortable with the openness.
Quite a few of the participants shared excellent examples of awareness of God and clarity about his support and care for them in life situations. I think we are off to a good start.