Loneliness and isolation are pandemic throughout our culture. It’s so bad for one’s health that it has been equated with smoking 15 cigarettes per day. On top of that, Some Christians today think that they can do life alone, apart from other Christians or the Church. Perhaps they’ve been wounded or had a bad Church experience. Today’s scripture of Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth reminds us that God created us for community, and it is in community that we live out our true callings as followers of Jesus.