CHAPTER 6: TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR A PERMANENT PROBLEM 199 according to the rules, to the disciplines of the church, to live what is possible to live together, uh… And in this sense, I think, that we try to live together is a sign… for the churches that a way is possible… uh… also in more institutional… situations and conditions, to find a, a wider… … agreement on how to… how to find a more reasonable unity, not just a recognized diversity~ a reconciled diversity, but also, to find a way to be one… as the community is one, even if brothers and sisters here belong to… to divided, to separated churches… But, of course, it’s… it’s incomplete, it’s not perfect what we live here, because, of course, we celebra~ according to the rules of the churches and especially the Catholic one, we celebrate the Catholic Eucharist, to which others are just others and non-Catholic members of the community are just um… hosted, as you said the other day.457 BE, too, stresses that the situation in Bose is imperfect and that it does not represent the full communion the churches are searching for. Yet, to him, the reality in Bose can be a next step in ecumenical relations, which takes reciprocal recognition to a next level. Again, sharing the Eucharist is a sign that points towards a future reality without claiming to have already accomplished that common goal. Finally, Brother TC considers the practice of Eucharistic sharing to be on pace with the ecumenical rapprochement reached. He contemplates that, today, the churches seem to realize that searching for unity, however imperfectly, is less of a scandal than immobility in the face of division. He therefore thinks that the churches need places like Taizé: But I think... over the years I think the churches have recognized that there is a need for places where we search, hmm? And I sense that in Pope Francis also... there is a need, in some of his texts, he almost encourages people to search for new solutions.458 Finally, only Brother TA explicitly indicates that he believes the practice of Eucharistic sharing to be indispensable for the ecumenical process without, however, insisting that it should be done in the same way as in Taizé: It might be my youthful arrogance, how would you say that, my youthful arrogance speaking: I think it’s the only way for ecumenism… um… … um, because we, because I witness everyday here in the community, well, as soon~ if we don’t live together, if we 457 BE-2,42, cf. BE-1, 87. 458 TC-1,28b.
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