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 AjJAm AdizAmi|
tenaiva yadi parasparaM prIyadhve tarhi lakSaNenAnena yUyaM mama ziSyA iti sarvve jJAtuM zakSyanti|
vizvAsakAriNaH sarvva ca saha tiSThanataH| sveSAM sarvvAH sampattIH sAdhAraNyena sthApayitvAbhuJjata|
phalato gRhANi dravyANi ca sarvvANi vikrIya sarvveSAM svasvaprayojanAnusAreNa vibhajya sarvvebhyo’dadan|
sarvva ekacittIbhUya dine dine mandire santiSThamAnA gRhe gRhe ca pUpAnabhaJjanta Izvarasya dhanyavAdaM kurvvanto lokaiH samAdRtAH paramAnandena saralAntaHkaraNena bhojanaM pAnaJcakurvvan|
paramezvaro dine dine paritrANabhAjanai rmaNDalIm avarddhayat|
asmAbhi ryad dRSTaM zrutaJca tadeva yuSmAn jJApyate tenAsmAbhiH sahAMzitvaM yuSmAkaM bhaviSyati| asmAkaJca 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 susthirIkurudhvaJca|
yuSmAkaM sthairyyakaraNArthaM yuSmabhyaM kiJcitparamArthadAnadAnAya yuSmAn sAkSAt karttuM madIyA vAJchA|
aparaM katipayalokA yathA kurvvanti tathAsmAbhiH sabhAkaraNaM na parityaktavyaM parasparam upadeSTavyaJca 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|