Going to Sleep
Cardinal Danneels, the Archbishop of Bruxelles, sharing with all the leaders of l’Arche community, said: “When I get home after a long day, I go to the Chapel and pray. I say to the Lord, ‘There it is for today; things are finished. Now let's be serious, is this diocese mine or yours?’ The Lord says, ‘What do you think?’ I answer, ‘I think it's yours’. ‘That is true’, the Lord says, ‘it is mine.’’ And so I say, ‘Listen Lord it is your turn to take responsibility for and direct the diocese. I'm going now to sleep’.
Then he added, this principle is just as valid for parents as for a person responsible for a diocese ... or for a community!
Jean Vanier, Community and Growth
