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When he left Geneva in 1940 to found the Taizé Community, Brother Roger was motivated by this intuition: for Christians to be ferments of peace in humanity, they cannot put off reconciliation among themselves until later. Many years afterwards, this is how he described his personal journey: “Marked by the witness of my grandmother’s life, following her I found my own Christian identity by reconciling within myself the faith of my origins with the Mystery of the Catholic faith, without breaking fellowship with anyone.” This road opened by Brother Roger requires tact; it is demanding. We have not finished exploring it. In Christ we belong to one another. When Christians are separated, the message of the Gospel becomes inaudible. How can we respond to the new challenges of our societies, notably that of secularization and of mutual understanding between cultures, unless we bring together the gifts of the Holy Spirit placed in all the Christian families? How can we communicate Christ’s peace to all if we remain separated? Let us no longer waste so much energy in the oppositions among Christians, sometimes even within our denominations! Let us come together more often in the presence of God, in listening to the Word, in silence and praise: Once a month or every three months we can invite those who live in our towns, villages or regions to a “vigil for reconciliation”. To prepare such a vigil, young people can set out and go towards others, to another parish or congregation, to another movement or group, and even invite young people searching for faith. Then the desire will grow to do together all that can be done. What unites us is more important than what separates us: we need to let this reality shine out by our lives! An exchange of gifts between the different Christian traditions has already begun. We see in Taizé that, through praying together and in personal encounters, mutual esteem is growing and that such an exchange is occurring naturally. Some aspects of the Mystery of the faith have been developed better by each Christian tradition. The Christians of the East have always emphasized the resurrection of Christ that already transfigures the world. Is it not because of this that in past centuries many of them were able to endure decades of suffering? The East has preserved the teaching of the Church Fathers with great fidelity. Monasticism, which it gave to the West, has breathed a life of contemplation into the entire Church. Can Western Christians become more open to these treasures? The Christians of the Reformation have strongly stressed these Gospel realities: God offers his love freely and unconditionally; by his Word he comes to whoever listens to it and puts it into practice; the simple trusting of faith leads to the freedom of the children of God; singing together allows the Word of God to penetrate us. Are not these values essential for all Christians? The Catholic Church has kept visible, throughout history, the universality of communion in Christ. It has constantly looked for a balance between the local Church and the universal Church. One cannot exist without the other. A ministry of communion at all levels has helped to maintain unanimity in the faith. Cannot all baptized persons go further in a progressive understanding of this ministry? Beyond denominations, it is urgent for an exchange of gifts between continents to develop. The Christians of Europe, for example, have much to receive from the Churches on other continents. In return for all that these Churches have received from Europe, today they can communicate to that continent a Gospel freshness. The witnesses and the martyrs to Christ lead us towards one communion. They nourish our hope and our determination to seek visible unity among all Christians.
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Kad je 1940. godine napustio Ženevu kako bi osnovao Zajednicu u Taizéu, brat Roger je bio vođen svojom intuicijom da kršćani ne mogu odgađati pomirenje među sobom, ako žele biti kvasac mira među ljudima. Mnogo godina kasnije, ovako je opisao svoj osobni put: «Obilježen svjedočanstvom života svoje bake, slijedeći je, otkrio sam svoj vlastiti kršćanski identitet, pomirivši u sebi vjeru svojih korijena s Otajstvom katoličke vjere, bez prekida zajedništva i s kim.» Ovaj je put, kojeg je otvorio brat Roger, osjetljiv, zahtjevan, i nismo ga još do kraja istražili. U Kristu pripadamo jedni drugima. Kad su kršćani razjedinjeni, više se ne čuje poruka Evanđelja. Kako možemo odgovoriti na nove izazove u našim društvima, posebice sekularizaciju i nužnost razumijevanja među kulturama, bez cjeline darova Duha Svetoga položenih u sve kršćanske obitelji? Kako možemo svima prenositi Kristov mir ako ostanemo razjedinjeni? Nemojmo više gubiti toliko energije na opreke među kršćanima, ponekad čak i unutar naših vjeroispovjesti! Okupljajmo se češće u Božjoj prisutnosti, slušanju Riječi, tišini i slavljenju: Jednom mjesečno ili svaka tri mjeseca možemo pozvati one koji žive u našim gradovima, selima ili krajevima na «bdijenje pomirenja». Za pripremu takvog bdijenja, mladi mogu napraviti korak prema drugima, drugoj župi, pokretu ili skupini, pa čak i pozvati mlade koji tek tragaju za vjerom. Tada će rasti čežnja da zajedno učinimo sve što se može učiniti. Ono što nas ujedinjuje puno je važnije od onoga što nas razdvaja: dopustimo ovoj stvarnosti da svijetli kroz naše živote! Razmjena darova među različitim kršćanskim tradicijama već je započela. U Taizéu vidimo da, kroz zajedničku molitvu i susrete, raste međusobno poštovanje te da takva razmjena nastupa prirodno. Pojedine kršćanske tradicije bolje su istaknule neke vidove Otajstva vjere. Kršćani Istoka uvijek su naglašavali Kristovo uskrsnuće koje već preobražava svijet. Nisu li zbog toga tijekom proteklih stoljeća mnogi od njih mogli izdržati desetljeća patnje? Istok je vjerno očuvao nauk Crkvenih otaca. Monaštvo, koje su prenijeli Zapadu, udahnulo je kontemplativni život u cijelu Crkvu. Mogu li zapadni kršćani postati otvoreniji prema ovim dragocjenostima? Kršćani Reformacije snažno su naglasili ove stvarnosti Evanđelja: Bog svoju ljubav daje bezuvjetno; svojom se Riječju obraća svakome tko je sluša i provodi u djelo; jednostavno povjerenje vjere vodi do slobode djece Božje; zajedničko pjevanje omogućuje da Božja riječ uđe u nas. Nisu li ove vrijednosti bitne za sve kršćane? Katolička je Crkva tijekom povijesti univerzalnost zajedništva u Kristu održala vidljivom. Neprekidno je tražila ravnotežu između lokalne i univerzalne Crkve. Jedna ne može postojati bez druge. Služba zajedništva na svim je razinama pomogla održati jednodušnost u vjeri. Ne mogu li sve krštene osobe sve dublje shvaćati ovu službu? Bez obzira na vjeroispovijesti, neodložno je da se produbljuje razmjena darova između kontinenata. Europski kršćani, na primjer, mogu mnogo primiti od Crkava s drugih kontinenata. Zauzvrat za sve što su te Crkve primile od Europe, danas joj mogu prenositi evanđeosku svježinu. Kristovi nas svjedoci i mučenici vode prema jednom jedinom zajedništvu. Oni hrane našu nadu i našu odlučnost za traženje vidljivog jedinstva među svim kršćanima.