Chapter 67: Those sent on a journey

Those who are sent on a journey should commend themselves to the prayers of all the community as well as of the superior, and, at the last prayer of the work of God in the oratory, there should always be a momento of all who may be absent. (From Ch. 67 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

There can be much international space that separates us as Oblates, but it seems to me that part of the mystery of our Oblate community is to find the presence in the absence, watching with wonder and gratitude as the Spirit finds new ways to create community among us.