I stood in this field and saw the grace of the seasons, the cut field, the four symbols of the seasons, the soft meadow, the dying leaves saying goodbye with glory, it is often a place I stand and meditate with the dogs, and I did that this morning. I thought about the power of community, and the Common Good.

The underlying principle of the idea of the Common Good is respect for the human person, each endowed with inalienable rights and gifts and called by the angels and the givers of life to his or her development and fulfillment. The call to life. The creative spark is the holy gift, the inner spirit that lights the soul. The community is the basic cell of society, the community promotes security and encouragement for all those who wish to hear the call and always – always – treats one another with respect. In the Kabbalah, God warns his people that the only thing they have to fear from him is  failure to heed the spark.