January 2

UNITY is lending your strength to our council

I am the vine, and you are the branches.  Those who remain in me and I in them, will bear much fruit.  ~ John 15:5

A popular tradition concerns a Greek slave, named Aesop.  Like Jesus, he used stories to teach people, especially small children. 

One of his stories is about a man who had several sons who were always fighting among themselves.  One day he called them together and set in front of them a bundle of branches.  Then he invited each son to try to break the bundle in half. 

Of course, none of them could break the bundle.  But when the father untied the bundle and gave the branches – one by one – to the sons to break, they broke them with ease.  The father then made his point:

“My sons, if you remain united, you will be able to withstand any enemy.  If you do not remain united, any enemy will be able to defeat you.”  ~ Mark Link, S.J.

How am I contributing to the unity of our council?

If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it.
~ 1 Corinthians 12:26

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