CHAPTER 10: IMPLICATIONS II 253 10 IMPLICATIONS II: A PATH TOWARDS UNITY? hapter 9 has presented some implications regarding the presuppositions and priorities concerning the practice of Eucharistic hospitality. This chapter explores possible implications for the future ecumenical process. 10.1 REGAINING MOMENTUM: TRANSCENDING THE RAHNER-FRIES PARADOX Implication Taizé and Bose have managed to enter into a dynamic relationship between common life and common Eucharist that, at the same time, celebrates imperfect unity and directs towards fuller communion. By participating in this dynamic, individual monastics are enabled to grow slowly but steadily towards a deeper ecumenical commitment and a more profound communion with one another and the churches involved. This dynamic has the potential to overcome the Rahner-Fries paradox and the impasse of the source versus summit debate. Therefore, it is worthwhile to consider this dynamic as guiding principle for the question of Eucharistic sharing in ecumenical contexts. Observations The interviewees indicated that their longing for a monastic common life was their primary motivation for joining the communities of Taizé and Bose. They have come to join these specific monasteries for a variety of reasons, one of which is the ecumenical nature of the communities. This ecumenical dimension enabled the non-Catholics to join monastic life without formally converting to Catholicism – a step they did not want to take out of faithfulness towards their churches of origin. However, the desire to restore communion C
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