La Caridad Nos Une

I heard an interview yesterday on Relevant Radio of a woman named Terri who accompanied Benedict VI on his trip to Cuba earlier this year.  Terri, now a U.S. citizen without a trace of Spanish accent, grew up in a family who had fled from Cuba before or during Fidel Castro's revolution.  Visiting Cuba again was a powerful experience for her.

But one of the most impactful memories was a comment a Cuban Catholic woman made to her just as she was leaving: "La caridad nos une." (Charity unites us.)  I thought, how nicely this captures our own relationships in mission with fellow Catholics throughout the world.  And of course, how appropriate for our relationships with our neighbors here in the U.S.