The border diocese meeting: bridges tend from faith and brotherhood

Sebastian Samson Ferrari – Vatican City

From May 19 to 21, it is celebrated in Marianne in Itati, Corintes County, XXXVII meeting of the Border Diocese, under the slogan: “The neighbors find themselves reflecting and exchanging the experiences of the synod and emergency in secularists, in the face of short -term challenges, to transform the lives of our peoples.”. Inspired by Ephesus 4,3 –“They try to preserve unity, as a result of the soul, through the Peace Association.”-The event combines bishops, priests, religious and secularists from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.

In this context, the Archbishop of Corinitz, Fry Jose Adolfo Lerryjin of a safe, is participating in his vision of the importance of these meetings, which, since 1991, enhances dialogue and integration between sister churches that share the borders of the southern cone.

Practical mechanism against real challenges

For the head of bishops, Larregain, one of the most concrete fruits in this meeting is to enhance joint work in common pastoral areas, especially in sensitive issues such as caring for immigrants and weak people in the border areas.

“From ordinary people, from committees and diocese institutions, a lot can be done. Sometimes a network of connections that bring solutions to specific cases,” he says.

Accompanying those who face difficult positions in the border crossings – whether for legal, economic or humanitarian reasons – is a responsibility that goes beyond national or political differences. He says: “They are human actions that ask us about faith.” “I was hungry and you were eating …”.

Brothers without limits

Larregain emphasizes that although every country has its policies, for Christians, “there is something bigger: we belong to Klee, which is the Church.” This ecclesiastical awareness, guided by the principles of Pope Francis – especially those of the Apostolic Macese Farah the Bible-You are allowed to look at the area with the eyes of hope and unity.

“Everyone is superior to the part. Reality goes beyond ideas. Unity prevails over the struggle. Time is superior to space … These are the principles of Francis are specific criteria for working in our diocese of the border,” says bishops’ head.

Rouhaniya childhood

In his message, Larregain also calls a strong invitation so as not to reduce the strength of small gestures. Inspired by the personality of Mother Theresa de Calcutta, highlights the value of “the spiritual spirituality”: those modest actions that can pass without anyone noticing, but it transforms the facts.

“The light and salt in the world means acting with condemnation, with small gestures, although they are simple, have a great value for those who need,” he explains. “In the magnitude of the sea, it may seem a decrease in anything, but it is missing, and it appears.”

The road of unity and transformation

After more than three decades, the border diocese meeting remains a vital space for living between peoples and cultures, and the implementation of the brotherhood proposed by the Bible.

In times of social challenges, migration and political, the border church responds to listening, accompanying and tangible existence. It also expresses Lararin: )).