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Wolves are incredible animals.
Most often we see them in movies howling in the night. But if you studied them in nature, then you’d learn some interesting things.
For example, every wolf travels in a pack.
Within the pack, there are old wolves that need to be cared for, pups that need learn, teenagers that push the boundaries, and two leaders – one male and one female – that instill order.
Life for a wolf is never a solo affair.
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We human beings are no different.
Our strength is often derived from the relationships we hold most dear: our families, our friends, our church, our colleagues, and, of course, our God.
COVID has reminded us just how much we need one another, and how we should never to take one another for granted.
Like wolves, life for human beings should never be a solo affair.
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But sometimes we get lost; separated; cut off from the pack.
Think of family members quarantined in nursing homes; single parents working from home while raising their children; a friend whom you haven’t heard from in a while.
Can you think of anyone who may be feeling disconnected from the group?
Call them. Send them a text. Invite them back into the pack. As Jesus reminds us in today’s Gospel, “Wherever two or three are gathered together in my name (even virtually), I am there in the midst of them.”
Like wolves, life for us should never be a solo affair.
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