Reflection on Father Parent's thoughts:

Looking at our neighbour through God's eyes

Looking at our neighbour with God's eyes means going beyond appearances and looking at their heart. It means rediscovering a true and loving gaze on each person God places in our path. It means seeing the light and presence of God in each of them.

All too often, our gaze is distorted by our prejudices, certainties and hardened hearts, causing us to focus on appearances. We fail to see the positive. We fail to recognize the deepest aspirations of others, who simply want to be listened to, cared for and loved.

Let us ask the Lord to grant us the Holy Spirit and to give us the gift of wisdom so that we may learn to see our neighbour as God sees them, recognizing the riches and unsuspected treasures hidden in every human being who is unique and a child of God.

As Volunteers, by living our five attitudes to the fullest, we can correct our limited vision with a new outlook that will make it easier for us to see the good and the beautiful in every human being, to accept others as they are, with all their faults and qualities, just as God does with each one of us.

Denise Binette,
Volunteer of God from Drummondville