ANOTHER LOOK AT RELIGIOUS LIFE- Part 2

Opening up to other horizons… House of Peace

As you know, in recent years, I have had the opportunity to live at the House of Peace in Manitoba with women who come from different countries and diverse religious traditions. It is an unforeseen grace to be able to live together respecting differences and recognizing the richness of the other. Day after day, we build bridges that unite us and remove barriers that separate us.

For this to happen, I had to physically leave the people I love, experience a great deal of insecurity, and be willing to learn a language other than my mother tongue. I had to love without expectations and to accept my vulnerability of not always being able to respond to expressed needs or to understand the needs of others because we do not speak the same language. On the other hand, we all speak the language of compassion and communion and this is what unites us. Without knowing it in advance, I left my comfort zone to open myself to something greater and more human.