Thursday, August 18, 2005
A sad and serious post
Unusually for me a more serious post. This week a 90-year-old man called Brother Roger, who led the Taize community in Burgundy, was stabbed to death by a woman during the evening prayer service in front of around 2,500 young people. (That's him in white in the picture.) Brother Roger founded the Taize community which has been bringing together young people from many countries and faith backgrounds for over forty years to encourage mutual understanding and respect. I have been there several times and it is a profoundly moving experience. I have had text and email mesasges from friends who have been there with me or who know of the community and we are all shocked and sad, not for Roger but to think that anyone could do such a thing. The response from the community is typical of the message they try to spread. It may seem naive to some of you but it shows how hard it is to understand such violence in such a place.
# posted by Mary Plain @ 8:38 pm 
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