Sunday, October 01, 2006

Spiritus autem vivificat

Anne, Annemarie, Astrid, Brigitte, Carola, Christian, Clemens, Coco, Cole, David, David, Émile, Eulalia, Finn, Francesco, Franz-Josef, Frédéric, Gabriele, Gerd, Isabel, Jean, Johan, Jona, Julia, Justin, Karl-Joakim, Kevin, Leann, Lee, Lena, Lilian, Lucy, Marijke, Markus, Michael, Paco, Philip, Rosina, Ruben, Sabine, Sebastian, Simon, Simon, Sue, Tracey, Wayne. These are some people I met last week in Taizé. There may have been more, but these are the names I remember. Out of these 46, I'd only met 6 before.

No wonder I felt an enormous relief when Brother Pedro assigned us a 4-hour silence on Friday. This beautiful time of contemplation allowed me to catch my breath, and to see more clearly the seeds of new life already at work within and around me.

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