Collaboration - The Spirit of God

Jesus prayed that the dream of real communion, the experience of the children of God, might also be realized in us. Being one in Him and with the Father is the necessary condition so that "the world may believe" that Jesus truly came among us and his love saves (See Jn. 17:20-23). To enable us to witness that perfect unity, Jesus promised, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses" (Acts 1:8).

It is the Holy Spirit, poured into our hearts, who confirms us in our common mission and enables us to overcome all obstacles, so as to experience the joy of collaborating in the building up of the kingdom of God (See 2Cor. 1:22-24). "There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of services to be done, but always the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose" (1Cor. 12:4-7).

Availability for collaboration with the Spirit of God, protagonist of mission, has the power to create communion among us, because we are all called to the same ideal of service. Our diversity and complementarity will imply different ways of living and expressing our common vocation Ad Gentes, and this will be reflected in the different forms of our collaboration.