A comunhão
A comunhão cristã é dom e mandamento. Juntos somos mais fortes. A Bíblia celebra a unidade dos crentes em Cristo como antecipação do céu na terra.
tadarthaM tvaM yaM mahimAnaM mahyam adadAstaM mahimAnam ahamapi tEbhyO dattavAn|
yUyaM parasparaM prIyadhvam ahaM yuSmAsu yathA prIyE yUyamapi parasparam tathaiva prIyadhvaM, yuSmAn imAM navInAm AjnjAm AdizAmi|
tEnaiva yadi parasparaM prIyadhvE tarhi lakSaNEnAnEna yUyaM mama ziSyA iti sarvvE jnjAtuM zakSyanti|
vizvAsakAriNaH sarvva ca saha tiSThanataH| svESAM sarvvAH sampattIH sAdhAraNyEna sthApayitvAbhunjjata|
phalatO gRhANi dravyANi ca sarvvANi vikrIya sarvvESAM svasvaprayOjanAnusArENa vibhajya sarvvEbhyO’dadan|
sarvva EkacittIbhUya dinE dinE mandirE santiSThamAnA gRhE gRhE ca pUpAnabhanjjanta Izvarasya dhanyavAdaM kurvvantO lOkaiH samAdRtAH paramAnandEna saralAntaHkaraNEna bhOjanaM pAnanjcakurvvan|
paramEzvarO dinE dinE paritrANabhAjanai rmaNPalIm avarddhayat|
asmAbhi ryad dRSTaM zrutanjca tadEva yuSmAn jnjApyatE tEnAsmAbhiH sahAMzitvaM yuSmAkaM bhaviSyati| asmAkanjca sahAMzitvaM pitrA tatputrENa yIzukhrISTEna ca sArddhaM bhavati|
asmAkaM kRtE sa svaprANAMstyaktavAn ityanEna vayaM prEmnastattvam avagatAH, aparaM bhrAtRNAM kRtE 'smAbhirapi prANAstyaktavyAH|
ataEva yUyaM yadvat kurutha tadvat parasparaM sAntvayata susthirIkurudhvanjca|
yuSmAkaM sthairyyakaraNArthaM yuSmabhyaM kinjcitparamArthadAnadAnAya yuSmAn sAkSAt karttuM madIyA vAnjchA|
aparaM katipayalOkA yathA kurvvanti tathAsmAbhiH sabhAkaraNaM na parityaktavyaM parasparam upadESTavyanjca yatastat mahAdinam uttarOttaraM nikaTavartti bhavatIti yuSmAbhi rdRzyatE|
yuSmAkam EkaikO janaH parasya bhAraM vahatvanEna prakArENa khrISTasya vidhiM pAlayata|
atO yAvat samayastiSThati tAvat sarvvAn prati vizESatO vizvAsavEzmavAsinaH pratyasmAbhi rhitAcAraH karttavyaH|