Community does wonderful things. It binds and blesses with the force of faith and love. Love binds us to men, enabling us to know each other, to forebear each other's weaknesses, sins and failings so that we do not fragment into a thousand islands of rivalries and individualities. Wrong bonds make for weak bonds. Weak bonds make for fragmentation.
Fragmentation creates desperation.
And desperation makes for evil bonds. Tito ruled Yugoslavia with ruthless fear because the people could not find any other bond strong enough to make them coexist in peace. That is why we must constantly ask ourselves what makes us into a community. The world is increasingly hungry for community. The bond between God and man is the merciful kindness and compassion of God in blood of Jesus Christ.