Ο
Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαίος σε μήνυμά του για την 75η επέτειο από την ίδρυση της Παπικής
οικουμενιστικής κοινότητας Ταιζέ τονίζει την προσκόλλησή του με
αμετάκλητη δέσμευση στο ζήτημα της ενότητας των χριστιανών.
The
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
2015
is a jubilee year for your community and we wish to congratulate you on this
occasion. At the junction of the centenary of the birth of Brother Roger and the
tenth anniversary of his death, this spiritual interval is also marked by the
seventy-five years of your community.
The
convergence of these three events marks perfectly the indissoluble destiny
between the charismatic figure of your founder, Brother Roger, and the spiritual
courage he demonstrated in making tangible his ecumenical vocation. It is not
only a matter of having a vision, one must also be able to give it a body and a
soul. So, inspired by the urgent necessity for
Christian unity, Brother Roger not only shaped the outer material of a truly
multi-confessional community but was also the promoter of a spiritual ecumenism
characterized by a particular focus on youth.
The
unity of Christians is an obvious fact to which we are attached by an
irreversible commitment. But as time passes, the decades follow one another, and
the initial enthusiasm loses breath, it is necessary to reflect on the reasons
for unity. Besides the injunction of Christ in the Gospel of John, "Be one!" (Jn
17:21), determining in itself alone our search for the restoration of the bond
of communion, it is essential to understand the constantly renewed actuality of
this commandment. Certainly, historical conditions evolve. On the contrary, our
unwavering commitment to the reconciliation of Christians, to the unity of our
churches, is due to the emergence of an ecumenical kairos, by which the Church’s
catholicity should manifest itself.
Brother
Roger left you hope as a spiritual testament. Now the eyes of hope are always
turned towards the future, that is to say it is rooted in the younger
generations. We want to salute the important mission of the Community of Taizé
in respect of this ecumenism of life that finds its source in a spirit of
fraternal exchange, in faithfulness to the Scriptures and the Fathers of the
Church.
We
end this modest message by reminding you of the words of the Orthodox theologian
Olivier Clément: " ’Trust’ is a key word in Taizé. The meetings organized by the
community in Europe and on other continents, are part of a pilgrimage of trust
on earth. The word ’trust’ is perhaps one of the most humble words, the most
everyday and the simplest there can be, but at the same time it is one of the
most essential."
So
is it in this spirit of "trust" in the Lord, that we congratulate you again on
the occasion of this jubilee year for your community and we pray Christ our God
that he will give growth in hope to your essential mission in the service of
Christian unity.
ΠΗΓΗ ''ΑΚΤΙΝΕΣ''
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