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[All day event] Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church
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- Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church
[All day event] UNITY is lending your strength to our Council
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- "I am the vine, and our are the branches. Those who remain in me and I in them, will bear much fruit." ~ John 15:5
A popul ar tradition concerns a Greek slave, named Aesop. Like Jesus, he used sto ries to teach people, especially small children. One of his stories is abo ut a man who had several sons who were always fighting among themselves. On e 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 unti ed 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.< br>
How am I contributing to the unity of the Council?
"If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer w...
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