Because Jesus Christ, before dying, asked
the Father :
«That they all may be one so that the world will believe »
for the Father always grants the Son. (John 17 :21-23)
Because the hostility barriers
do not rise up to heaven,
and we believe that the links between us are stronger and deeper
than what can put discorded among us.
Because we know that the power of the
Spirit rescues our weakness,
Because we love our churches
and we believe that they may convert*
("* métanoïa" which means "to show a metamorphosis from inside
driven by the Holy Spirit")
to walk towards a visible unity,
Parce qu'un des plus grands
obstacles à l'évangélisation est la division parmi les chrétiens,
Because we need to move quickly
for the world is thirsty of truth and reconciliation.....
We bind our lives to Jesus
following Him on the path of unity
(Adaptation of a text
proclaimed at the Stadium Charley in Paris
during an interconfessionnal meeting on September the 26th 1998).
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