As long as we are not alone.....

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... you are with me. (Psalm 23)

Remembering the horrifying pictures of 9/11.

Hundreds, trapped high above ground, as the heat grew more intense, felt they had no choice but to jump to their deaths.

Remember those pictures? Many were holding hands.
Most cases, often probably complete strangers.

Why? Jumping to their deaths, they chose to attach themselves to another human being.

We are made for community. We were not meant to live this life alone.

In that sense we imitate the Holy Trinity. The Holy Community.

In Mark 3:13-14 we read:

     Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to
     him those he wanted, and they came to him.

     He appointed twelve--designating them apostles--
     that they might be with him....


He called those he wanted....that they might be with him.

Jesus at Gethsemane, just before his arrest, to his disciples: My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me. (Matthew 26:38)

Jesus, the God-man.

Fully divine  -  Fully human.

He did not want to be alone.

"And surely I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20)

                 ....and so we are never alone!