{"id":6979,"date":"2026-06-04T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6979"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:13:43","slug":"called-to-solidarity-a-maryknoll-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/called-to-solidarity-a-maryknoll-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Called to Solidarity: A Maryknoll Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/about\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan Gunn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ<br>June 7, 2026<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/060726.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a | 1 Cor 10:16-17 | Jn 6:51-58<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I&nbsp;traveled to&nbsp;Kenya recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/03\/christs-hands-and-feet-in-kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryknoll missioners<\/a> there made sure I visited&nbsp;families living&nbsp;on the margins of&nbsp;Nairobi,&nbsp;in&nbsp;arguably some&nbsp;of the most desperate slums in the world.&nbsp;Like other places of glaring human suffering, once you see it, you will never forget it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More densely populated than Manhattan, the working-class neighborhood of Tassia Estate contains a mix of concrete apartment buildings and tightly packed dwellings that accommodate a large population of low-wage workers and their families. The area struggles with poor drainage, flooding during heavy rains, and garbage collection issues. Because buildings are densely packed and roads are narrow, the area is occasionally prone to devastating fires that spread quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There I met Mwikali, a single mother of four children, two of them young adults living on their own and two teenagers still living with her in a one-room apartment that has no running water or private bath. Mwikali is HIV positive and has remained well enough to work and care for her children thanks to food and medication given to her by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/12\/helping-kenyans-live-with-hiv-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program<\/a>,&nbsp;founded by&nbsp;Maryknoll&nbsp;and&nbsp;operated&nbsp;by the local archdiocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the dust and heat of&nbsp;the slum, the physical reality of hunger is never an abstraction.&nbsp;When I&nbsp;think about&nbsp;Mwikali, a&nbsp;mother&nbsp;who admitted to&nbsp;skipping meals so&nbsp;her&nbsp;children can eat,&nbsp;Jesus\u2019 words in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2020\/08\/making-the-poor-a-priority-isnt-political-its-the-gospel-pope-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Gospel<\/a> of John&nbsp;take on a raw, urgent weight.&nbsp;<em>\u201cI am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To a community intimately acquainted with scarcity, bread is not just a symbol; it is life itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2018\/11\/drawing-holy-spirit-fighting-hiv-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vocation of Maryknoll missioners<\/a> is to accompany those living on the margins of society, to be in solidarity with them, finding the face of Christ in those the world deems disposable. It is a reality that makes Pope Leo XIV\u2019s encyclical, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnifica Humanitas<\/a><\/em>, resonate deeply throughout our Church. When the Holy Father speaks about solidarity in paragraph 88, he says it is not a mere political strategy or a fleeting emotional response to poverty. Instead, it is a spiritual imperative that <em>\u201cfinds its source in the mystery of Christ and is nourished by the Eucharist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Sunday, our diverse, fractured and beautiful global Church gathers around wooden altars around the world. We bring our exhaustion, our grief and our systemic struggles. When we share the bread, we are participating in what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/05\/disarm-ai-for-humanitys-sake-pope-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Leo<\/a> calls the&nbsp;<em>\u201csacrament of unity.\u201d<\/em> In this holy meal, Christ the Living Bread does not offer an escape from our harsh earthly realities; rather, he enters directly into them. He breaks himself so that we might be put back together as one Body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In paragraph 88&nbsp;of the encyclical, Pope Leo says&nbsp;beautifully that the Eucharist&nbsp;<em>\u201cteaches us how to share.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;In a globalized world increasingly fragmented by technological&nbsp;divides and stark&nbsp;economic&nbsp;inequalities, this teaching is revolutionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For our community, sharing the Eucharist is an act of defiance against the narrative of scarcity. It transforms us from isolated individuals fighting for survival into a collective&nbsp;<em>\u201cone heart and one soul.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;If we are truly nourished by the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/08\/the-bread-of-life-a-maryknoll-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bread of Life<\/a>, then the hunger of my neighbor becomes my own hunger, and their liberation becomes my responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus promises that those who feed on him will abide in him, and he in them. This mutual abiding is the heartbeat of mission. It sends us out from the altar back into the margins, fortified to dismantle the structures that starve God\u2019s children, both physically and spiritually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Leo XIV challenges us to view unity not just as a comforting gift to receive, but as an important&nbsp;<em>\u201cresponsibility to be fulfilled.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;When we conclude the Mass and go&nbsp;back out&nbsp;into the world, we carry that responsibility in our bodies, striving to become the living bread of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2020\/09\/solidarity-is-the-antidote-to-selfishness-exploitation-pope-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solidarity for a hungry world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Susan Gunn began working for the <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns<\/a> in 2015 and has served as director since 2018. Her previous overseas experience includes teaching in mainland China and short-term volunteer service with her husband in India. She lives with her family in Maryland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To read other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/category\/scripture-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scripture reflections<\/a>&nbsp;published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resource_type\/scripturereflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured image: Sernine Owour holds her 10-week old daughter, Rylie Willow, as Nurse Nancy Mwai vaccinates the child in the Mathare clinic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/project\/eastern-deanery-aids-relief-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program<\/a> in Nairobi, Kenya. Owour has been HIV positive since 2013, but takes antiretroviral medication provided by the clinic that prevents mother-to-child transmission of the virus, allowing children like Rylie Willow to grow up HIV free. 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