Even earthly brothers separated by miles and time may grow apart. But those whose time is spent with each other in pleasant interchange or in commonly held challenges grow to love each other more and more whether the tie be in the flesh or in the Lord. The lonely among us are most in danger of disappointment and despair. We are social creatures and we are at our best when we act socially. Too much isolation tends to give a person an unbalanced perspective of his world.
Communication helps to mend many problems.
Those whose lives are being lived out as bleak existence can be helped most and quickest by our caring enough to visit them. Of course, this requires that we develop caring hearts. Our Lord was the best example of the visiting that improves an unfriendly world. Jesus found the needs of people and helped when he could without overshadowing his mission of soul-saving. He visited the rich and the poor, the gregarious and the monastic.