Rediscovering a Common Humanity Beyond our Differences.
"For all we share a common humanity, whatever our culture or faith, our gifts or handicaps."
In 'Our Journey Home' Jean Vanier reflects on what it is to be human, beyond the barriers that come between strong and weak, between races and nations, between rich and poor. In his work with men and women with mental handicaps, he has encountered a world of intense suffering. Yet he has also seen beyond the disabilities to the extraordinary qualities of those who have a special part to play in the healing of hearts and the removal of barriers which separate and destroy.
Going home is a journey to where we are safe, where weakness and pain are acknowledged and accepted. It is a place beyond competition, pretence and vanity, where we can embrace our differences in the knowledge that we share a common humanity. This book explores how we can begin to bring about the necessary change so that our society and world can rediscover this place.
