Three steps away

One remark still from yesterdays presentation of the final message draft which took place in the end of the morning's plenary. First of all, the draft papers were not distributed before the draft was read, which made it a bit difficult to comment on the draft. The floor microfone was opened to short comments after the presentation. I rushed to comment the draft paper with two notions:

1. The Light of Christ is not a dim candle some where, it is a radical and revealing light that demands a transformation. Therefore the final message should have concrete proposals and bold recommendations for the churches.
2. The language of the draft paper was very exclusive. It was written only to theologians and people deep in the Ecumenical slang. In order for the paper to change anything, it should be written in as "normal" and concrete language as possible.

I was the 14th delegate on the queue and the moderator cut off the discussion on the 11th person. That was the closest I (or any young delegate) could get to the microphone.

Now I'm writing this blog from the plenary tent and listening to the comments on the second draft. There are about 50 people in the queue to comment the draft paper. I have to say that the final message commitee improved a lot on this new version and has much more concrete things. Now also many people are for attaching the St.Maurice statement as an appendix to the final message. I hope we will see that happen!