214 PART TWO: AN EMPIRICAL ACCOUNT from scratch. Combining the two elements of remembering a past condition and a future reality leads BF to speak of the Eucharist as being outside of time. Thus, Bose’s search through its practice of Eucharistic hospitality is a qualitative rather than a temporal endeavor: it is neither nostalgia about a lost past nor dreaming of a future utopia; rather, it is a rediscovery of the contemporary presence of unity as a quality of the church. The paradigm shift expressed by the monastics, in which the Christian identity bestowed in Baptism preconditions the concrete historical ecclesial community shaped by a denomination, has far-reaching consequences as the narratives show, especially TC’s summary. This shift creates a fundamental openness and willingness to acknowledge other Christians without, however, magically resolving the pressing theological issues. Still, it encourages the monastics of Bose and Taizé to yield to one another, to accept each other as fellow Christians, and to strive for full unity. 7.3 DE FACTO DOUBLE BELONGING Yearning for a joint faithfulness Section 7.1 focused on the notion of faithfulness. Several of the interviewees stressed their love for their church of origin and their desire to be faithful to it. In addition, however, the monastics also articulated a desire to be concretely connected to, and faithful towards, another ecclesial tradition. During the interviews, I specifically inquired into their relationship with the Roman Catholic Church, since this research is, first and foremost, interested in the practice of Eucharistic hospitality from the side of that denomination and in the debate within Catholic theology. In this section, I will first present some more theoretical considerations by Brother TC. After that, I will focus mainly on the interviews with Brother BE fromBose because he illustrates his desire to belong to different traditions most explicitly. Elements of this desire can be traced in the other interviews as well and I believe this desire is implicit in them. As such, Brother BE’s interview reflects insights and convictions transcending his individual experience. Brother TC calls the ‘creed’ of Brother Roger to mind, which has been constitutive for the ecumenical path of Taizé. The experiences of the brothers today resemble Brother Roger’s own experience. I think it is this summary of his own life that made Cardinal Kasper conclude: “Brother Roger’s charism has radiated outward upon the community of Taizé brothers and, far beyond them, upon all Christendom. For this reason, it seems to me that Brother Roger’s
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