We have much to learn

I just returned from mass, learnt something new today. Father told us that Catholic means Universal. We are a universal church. That is why we need to reach out to everyone, not only those within the church but those outside.

Father recalled the event of 1986 (I hope I remembered correctly), when our late pope John Paul II invited the heads of all the religious denominations to the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi to pray for peace. Many in the church were upset and felt that this was against the call to conversion. Blessed John Paul II replied that this was a gathering in friendship, and that we have much to learn from others.

As I pondered on those words,"We have much to learn from others" I am reminded that we have so much to learn from each other. Those we meet in our everyday activities and work, as well as those we meet along the street, can teach us a thing or two. Lord, help me to be aware and mindful of the people I see and meet everyday, to always be open to the lessons that they might impart to me.