As Adorers of the Blood of Christ, we have been called together by God to walk together in faith and to commit ourselves to the building of God’s Reign, being at the same time signs of that very Reign. Therefore, living together in communion is our primary Apostolate. “We will never forget that our love for one another in community is itself a primary apostolic witness”. ( ASC Constitution # 9). Our life shared in community will then render credibility to our apostolic lives of service.As Adorers of the Blood of Christ, we have been called together by God to walk together in faith and to commit ourselves to the building of God’s Reign, being at the same time signs of that very Reign. Therefore, living together in communion is our primary Apostolate. “We will never forget that our love for one another in community is itself a primary apostolic witness”. ( ASC Constitution # 9). Our life shared in community will then render credibility to our apostolic lives of service.To be able to dialogue and share in a meaningful way and at a deeper level, it is necessary to live our bond of communion, which expresses itself in a deep respect for one another. The bond of communion is the atmosphere which makes it all possible. Without this atmosphere we will never be able to share on a deeper level and our dialogue will be restricted to talking about the weather, sports our other issues out there, outside of ourselves. Honest, frank and open dialogue, done in the bond of love, is an important way of living the covenant relationship which the blood of Christ calls us to in community. In the community, participation must originate in communion. It is because members care for one another and feel called to be with one another, walking toward the same goal, that everyone participates. Participation without communion quickly becomes like a work camp or a factory, where unity comes from an external reality. The community is above all a place of communion. For this reason, it is necessary to give priority in daily life to those realities, symbols, encounters, and celebrations that foster an awareness of communion. Community should be a place where we share our dreams. The dream of Jesus, St. Gaspar and of St. Maria De Mattias is now in our weak hands. We are called to remain faithful to those dreams and to incarnate them today in the cultures and in the social contexts in which we minister. In community dialogue we keep those dreams alive in one another and in community. At times we will be called to “wake one another up” from our sloth, from our laziness, from our indifference, in order to once again make our hearts burn with the energies which those dreams can generate. The bond of communion opens the way to the sharing of dreams.When St. Gaspar was in prison in Piacenza with Francesco Albertini, he fell gravely ill. Albertini looked after him and kept vigil. At that time, Albertini remembered a prophecy that had been revealed to him years before by a saintly religious woman, Sister Agnes of the incarnate Word. She had a vision in which a young priest, devoted to the Precious Blood and to St. Frances Xavier, would found a new Congregation of Missionaries. Albertini then saw in Gaspar that person and decided to reveal to Gaspar the dream, precisely in those moments of his serious illness. Gaspar began to recuperate his strength and got well. In a sense, sharing the dream, had awakened him to new life. Jesus on the road to Emmaus ( Lk 24,13-35) met with two sad and disillusioned disciples who had seen the dream that Jesus had awakened in them, die. All now seemed disillusion and frustration. Everything was lost. Walking with them, and sharing with them the Sacred Scriptures “their hearts burned within them”, and their dream was rekindled. Once again, they were alive!Community should be a place where we can share our deepest dreams, which will give meaning to our lives and call forth a sense of identity. In community our dreams are strengthened, clarified and interpreted. It is in the sharing of our stories and traditions and in passing them on from one generation to another that we grow together as a group and we are reaffirmed once again in who we are and in the values we share. “Urged on by the Spirit, we remain restless until Christ’s transforming charity touches the life of every person and the whole of society” (ASC Constitution # 33). Dear sisters, we invite you to visit the blog-Covenant, and Facebook page which you will find in the International Centre of Spirituality.

Sr. Marykutty Kanattu, ASC