First, we are called to be human beings. In Becoming Human, Jean Vanier reminds us of the fundamental importance of this call to discover and live out our shared humanity. He describes it is “a journey from loneliness to a love that grows in and through belonging,” a love that “liberates us from self-centred compulsions and inner hurts . . . that finds its fulfillment in forgiveness and in loving those who are our enemies.”4 This, and nothing less, is what is involved in the call to become fully human.
