Betwixt Food and Human Relationship

It’s good to get together as friends and confreres like in table fellowship or religious convocation and then, enjoy the company of each other’s culture as Italians, Colombians, Filipinos or Brazilians. The day after Easter Sunday adds another occasion for us Scalabrinians to be reunited at this point in time sharing the gifts of food, life, humor and relationship with a space for fraternity, some updates and good wishes. Truly, it shows the spirit of oneness and fraternal fellowship sharing the commonality of our commitmment to faith as brothers in Christ and members of our Founder’s order, the religious congregation that cares for migrant people. There’s much to do and plan for what we aim to materialize in today’s world where migration poses a huge issue like a salad bowl with mozzarella, tomato and olive oil a metaphor for migration that deals with human cultures. Described in the Bible as a growing missionary virtue hospitality as a key to open one’s heart in this journey With fearlessness and confidence, it’s a major issue depicting the picture of global movements raised in action. Our days of darkness, our bickering confreres in places – where community life matters and features one’s emptiness in dealing with one another in our quest for human and divine. it’s indeed a challenge and will always be a test of faith, thus far. This helps us understand through our setbacks, pains and joys, with friends around and those who share with us many times those sacred stories of being called to worship God and be present especially in the Eucharist that nourishes our souls to be whole.