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IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD
“Everybody is convinced”.
At the heart of this letter: the Community (“everybody”), restates
its confidence in the presence of God in the work accomplished by
Monsieur de La Salle over such a long period of time. Because of
what has been lived together, for what is yet to be lived, in the view
that the community is part of the Church and that it serves in the
building of the Kingdom. The Brothers recognise that God has
been present and is still present in this work and that John Baptist
de La Salle has responded faithfully to what God has asked of him.
He has known how to listen to Him, how to recognise His call in
the situation of the poor, how to hear His voice in that of the children
of artisans and the poor and how to find adapted and coherent
answers for this plan. He has answered in faith, discerning the
hand of God in this community history of the Christian schools,
with the men who have become attached and linked to him.
Throughout their letter, the Brothers show that they have interiorised
the spiritual teaching and the vision of their Father, as well
as the initiatives lived with him for more than thirty years.
Frequently, the expressions they use are very close to the
Meditations for the Time of Retreat and the various formulae of
vows. If the Brothers are using this kind of language, it is because
they are in intimate communion of mind and heart with John
Baptist de la Salle, because it is this same language that they have
used throughout their itinerary and their community sharing. Thus
Monsieur de la Salle can still find himself at home in their manner
of living, speaking, praying, thinking, understanding and re-interpretation
of the action of God in the Christian schools and in their
Society.
God had led John Baptist de La Salle into the Desert, and Monsieur
de La Salle found him again in the Promised Land of the
Community: Grenoble, the letter from the Brothers in Paris. The