Saturday, June 17, 2006

Marks of the Liberating Community at inward/outward

Marks of the Liberating Community at inward/outward is a wise and inspirational bit of writing excerpted from Elizabeth O'Connor's 1976 book, "The New Community".

She outlines these five marks in the piece -
"First among those marks is a clear, radical, unequivocal commitment to the poorest, the weakest, and the most abused members of the human family.

The second mark of the liberating community is commitment to a life of dialogue.

The third mark of the liberating community is a radical commitment to a critical contemplation of one’s own life and the life of one’s faith community.

The fourth mark of the liberating community is its commitment to a life of reflection.

The fifth mark of our vocation to build liberating communities is that we will structure into every day a time of solitude."