CHAPTER 5: DYNAMICS OF COMMON LIFE AND COMMON EUCHARIST 173 But also… um… that we always… try to respect the mystery of each person… … um… …. And even that, if someone wants to become a brother here, of course we will discuss the Eucharist… but that we won’t ask after something that is in one’s most intimate depths of oneself, what, what exactly happens there in that very moment… that we say, well, that is something between God and that person, you know, and that, we don’t have to… if we believe, that, that… that the Holy Spirit is active in our community, that we are part~ part of the church of Jesus Christ, then we don’t have to dig into every detail of every brother. That is up to Jesus, it’s up to the Holy Spirit {laughs} to do that, but um….412 In a beautiful little narrative, TA recalls an encounter with the Anglican Archbishop Sentamu of York. The archbishop was on his way to Taizé with a group of youths, when one of them wished to return home. Msgr. Sentamu’s response was to urge him to take five minutes to speak to God and then to inform him about his final decision. TA responds to this story: That has moved me so, you know, because we could think, well, wait, but this archbishop, he should be able to find the words to preach the Gospel, to show someone like that, to make him feel what, what God is. But exactly the opposite, precisely because he is such a deeply religious and such an archbishop… he knows the power of Christ and he knows that he does not always need to find the right words himself {laughs}. And I think that this is something we, in Taizé, um, believe in deeply, you know. And that both… um, for the small things and the big questions, you know, that we don’t have to find the words ourselves all the time… um… … yes {laughs}. So, yes, speaking of the Eucharist, that we believe that it is in the hands of Christ, not in some kind of lazy~, easy way, but on a deeper way, which… … um, that it is his Eucharist, you know, or the Eucharist that he gave us, um… … we are such, such small elements in that, you know. That, uh… that gives us the liberty, I think, in Taizé… … … … something like that {laughs}.413 Once again, the intellectual articulation of faith appears as subordinate to lived faith. In addition, trust comes to the fore as a fundamental aspect of faith. Trust in the mystery of each person, and of his or her relationship with God, is fundamental in the communal practices and processes of Taizé. Thus, TA does 412 TA-2,22b. 413 TA-2,22c.
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