P:C - Sharing in the Community of Prayer

All week long, our group travelled to nursing homes in Mainz. On Friday, we sang at a Catholic nursing home in downtown Mainz. We finished with several German folk songs, and then the director stood up and thanked us. She said, “Singing is a form of prayer, and it’s wonderful to see young people who are willing to pray for and with their elders.” What she said stuck with me as we spoke with the residents in our sparse German and as we headed upstairs to sing for the dementia patients. They were grateful we had sung for them, yes; but they were even more excited to share in the community of prayer with us.