Ubuntu – I am because I belong (Original version with subtitles)

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'Ubuntu', a term from southern Africa, is actually much more than a word, it's a world! It takes us back to the roots of humanism, emphasizing the relational and community dimension of the person; including openness to others, kindness, generosity and unconditional love. In this film, we tread in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, who sought to put into practice 'Ubuntu' in his own life to achieve reconciliation between blacks and whites in South Africa after apartheid.

The two main contributors to this film are Father Laurent Fabre, founder and leader of the Chemin Neuf Community and Bishop Emmanuel Lafont, Catholic Bishop of French Guyana, who lived in South Africa for a long time and knew Nelson Mandela personally.

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Intercession

We pray for the people of South Africa, in this post-apartheid and post-Mandela period. We pray that this people still torn by so much violence and social inequality will rediscover the deeper meaning of the word Ubuntu to live in peace and respect.

We pray that your Holy Spirit transforms us and shows the humanity that lives in all of us, allowing us to see what is good in each person and helps us to belong to each other. Help us to allow ourselves to be saved together by Christ and to live and spread reconciliation in the midst of our differences.

Word of the month

'For as with the human body which is a unity although it has many parts - all the parts of the body, though many, still making up one single body - so it is with Christ'.

'The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' and nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.''

'If one part is hurt, all the parts share its pain. And if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.

Now Christ's body is yourselves, each of you with a part to play in the whole'.

Corinthians, Chapter 12, verses 12, 21, 26-27