I don't remember where I found this quote but Bishop Fulton J. Sheen once asked a missionary from one of the islands in the Pacific which was the greatest virtue of the people whom he helped there. The Missionary answered, "I can tell you their greatest virtue in terms of what they regard as their greatest vice, namely 'Kai-Po,' which is the sin of eating alone."

According to the missionary, some of the people would go without food for two or three days until they could find someone with whom they could share the blessings of their meal.

Think about that for a minute, the sin of eating alone. My least favorite meal is to go home and eat lunch by myself. Like the South Pacific Islanders, I think all meals are communal in nature. I don't think it's an accident that at the center of the Ch…