I am the Church

I am because you are

The opposite of self-made

Every part of me is because of them

Created to exist in community

Shaped by every interaction,

every act of love and care,

every tear shed and pain endured

I am because we are

we are therefore I am

our lives connected by the mere presence

of him who took on our flesh

our lives connected because of the gift

we are to one another

one whole, one body

I am because you are

I am because we are

I am the Church