{"id":4958,"date":"2023-12-06T13:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usml.edu\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:33:45","slug":"the-christian-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usml.edu\/es\/the-christian-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christian Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id4958_c35ed4-78 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column4958_69fbac-61 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column4958_69fbac-61\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-06T13:01:36-06:00\">diciembre 6, 2023<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id4958_8e3f03-45 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column4958_850996-1c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column4958_850996-1c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column4958_850996-1c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image4958_619922-5d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image4958_619922-5d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:682px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image4958_619922-5d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image4958_619922-5d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image4958_619922-5d{max-width:682px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image4958_619922-5d{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image4958_619922-5d img{width:100%;}.kb-image4958_619922-5d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image4958_619922-5d size-full kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-land43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-4960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture1.png 756w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Outside the ruins of Philippi, Fr. Dennis Kasule proclaims the Gospel during Mass by the river where St. Lydia, Paul\u2019s first gentile convert, was baptized (Acts 16:11-15)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things that has struck me the most on this pilgrimage so far is the intimacy the Christian community shared together during the early Church. It first occurred to me at the cave churches in Cappadocia while pondering the friendship of Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus and the tight knit communities and homes that the believers would have shared. It was clear that these Christians were not just a people gathered together but an intimate group of family and friends. The tables from which they ate their meals resembled the table that Our Lord and the Apostles would have eaten from during the Last Supper, rectangular and long, able to hold up to 40-50 people. From these tables you can see the deep connection that these Christians had between the table of fellowship, (from which they shared their meals), and the table of the Eucharist (from which they received the bread of life). I would love to see this same koinonia and sharing of life in our parishes back home.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-4958_719eae-e2{overflow:hidden;}.kb-gallery-id-4958_719eae-e2 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-4958_719eae-e2 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-4958_719eae-e2 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{color:var(--global-palette9, #ffffff);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom.kb-gallery-id-4958_719eae-e2 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover.kb-gallery-id-4958_719eae-e2 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:linear-gradient(0deg, #002856 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 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data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-slider-gap=\"10px\" data-slider-gap-tablet=\"10px\" data-slider-gap-mobile=\"10px\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\" data-slider-label=\"Photo Gallery Carousel\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-gallery-carousel splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-2.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-2.jpg\" data-id=\"4961\" class=\"wp-image-4961 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">he seminarians venerate the relics of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a martyr from the early 4th century whose remains are still in Thessaloniki, Greece.<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture3-2.jpg\" width=\"855\" height=\"574\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture3-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture3-2.jpg\" data-id=\"4962\" class=\"wp-image-4962 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture3-2.jpg 855w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture3-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture3-2-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">he seminarians venerate the relics of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a martyr from the early 4th century whose remains are still in Thessaloniki, Greece.<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id4958_729232-ea alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column4958_346fbf-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column4958_346fbf-45\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>This intimacy was also apparent in Greece as well, as we pondered the lives of Cyril and Methodius and the many saints who had given their lives for Christ in Thessaloniki, the ancient city addressed in the First and Second Letters of St. Paul to the Thessalonians. In this city alone, there were multiple saints who gave their lives for Christ, one of whom was the martyr, St. Demetrius. I couldn\u2019t imagine having a city in the United States filled with multiple saints, but I immediately began to believe that this could be possible, and that if it could happen here, surely it could happen back home too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we learned that if it wasn\u2019t for orthodox priests sharing the Greek language with the children in underground gathering spaces during the time of the Ottoman Empire, the Greek language wouldn\u2019t have survived. You can imagine the intimacy they shared together as they gathered around candlelight to share the gospels in the&nbsp;<em>koine<\/em>&nbsp;Greek in which it was first written. So too in Phillipi, where Lydia was baptized, you could see the intimate love that the Lord had for Lydia, as well as the closeness between Paul and Lydia, his first convert. Out of everyone, the Holy Spirit chose Lydia, and chose to do amazing things through her entire household, which would have included hundreds of people since she was a rich business owner.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-4958_17f9f0-8d{overflow:hidden;}.kb-gallery-id-4958_17f9f0-8d .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-4958_17f9f0-8d .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-4958_17f9f0-8d .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{color:var(--global-palette9, #ffffff);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom.kb-gallery-id-4958_17f9f0-8d .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover.kb-gallery-id-4958_17f9f0-8d .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner 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data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-slider-gap=\"10px\" data-slider-gap-tablet=\"10px\" data-slider-gap-mobile=\"10px\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\" data-slider-label=\"Photo Gallery Carousel\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-gallery-carousel splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture4-2.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture4-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture4-2.jpg\" data-id=\"4963\" class=\"wp-image-4963 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture4-2.jpg 614w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture4-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The baptistry of St. Lydia commemorates her conversion and baptism after hearing the preaching of St. Paul<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture5.jpg\" width=\"488\" height=\"452\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture5.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture5.jpg\" data-id=\"4964\" class=\"wp-image-4964 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture5.jpg 488w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture5-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The baptistry of St. Lydia commemorates her conversion and baptism after hearing the preaching of St. Paul<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id4958_a869e5-7a > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id4958_a869e5-7a > .kt-row-column-wrap) > 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The Holy Spirit is working to develop deeper intimacy in our lives and in our Christian communities where people not only come together but become intimate friends and family with one another. Sometimes these communities weren\u2019t big, but the love they shared together was truly amazing. These are the types of communities that the Lord wants to form in our parishes and in our homes. Let us be ever fuller of the Holy Spirit, and the friendship that God desires to share with us, and realize that the saints always come in pairs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image4958_67012c-44:not(.kb-image-is-ratio-size) .kb-img, .kb-image4958_67012c-44.kb-image-is-ratio-size{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}.kb-image4958_67012c-44 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image4958_67012c-44 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-4965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture6.png 982w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture6-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><figcaption>Br. 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