frs Bruno and Gerard visit Aotearoa

On Wednesday 19 July we were blessed with a visit from the Fr Bruno Caldere, Master of the Dominican Order and Fr Gerard from the Philippines who accompanied him.   A small group representing friars, sisters and lay Dominicans gathered for introductions, prayer and discussion about the lived experience as Dominicans in Aotearoa New Zealand. fr Bruno shared that in this the last part of his term the most important message he has to share is the importance of life.  We all have to live together.  He encouraged us to take opportunities for inter-religious dialogue and to truly encounter and meet people where they are.   When we do this we do not “talk” of friendship, rather we share the same way of life, celebrating joys and supporting each other in the challenges. We must be together to see what is going on. When asked about his hope for the Dominican Family, Fr Bruno spoke about his hope that we would have more energy to think about others than to think about ourselves. We need to take time to think about who we are and we need to do that to let the world show us how to love the world.  We need to be taught from the suffering of our brothers and sisters.  The Lord will never move the process of the nature / creation – but when the Lord took flesh – when he met the blind man, he had such a compassion.  He did what we never thought he
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