Christ calls us to know God, the source of all life, more fully, and to cultivate the disciplines that will help us develop a relationship to God in the midst of our ordinary everyday lives. He calls us to live in sympathy with the heart of God, sustaining ourselves, supporting one another, and serving those around about us, in an increasingly steadfast, faithful, and life affirming manner.

Christ calls us to be aware of ourselves, and the gift of life that each of us can bring to the community. He calls us to recognise not only the reality of our weaknesses, but also the reality of our strengths, and our responsibility to grow individually as people, in our capacity for self care, self control and self sacrifice for the sake of the community.

Christ calls us to be aware of one another, and the gift of life that every one else can bring to the community. He calls us to acknowledge not only the reality of our brokenness, but also the potential for wholeness in our relationships, and our responsibility to grow collectively as people, in our capacity to speak truthfully, listen attentively and work co-operatively for the sake of the community.

Christ calls us, over and over and over again, particularly to remember those people in the community who are forgotten, who are rejected, neglected and ignored. He calls us to affirm our commitment to the welfare of the whole of the human family, and to make ourselves available to brothers and sisters who are marginalised, in their ongoing struggle for love and justice.

Christ knows we disagree about many things, but he wants us to agree at least on one thing – the need for us to join together to develop communities in our localities that reflect his compassion by being more devoted, more inclusive, and more nonviolent.

Based on ‘A Rule For A New Brother’