Quote of the Day: Taize community leader Alois Leser
“With Christ on the cross we say to you, Father, forgive her, she does not know what she did.”
-The Rev. Alois Leser, the new leader of the Taize ecumenical community in France, praying during the funeral of slain Taize founder Brother Roger Schutz. Schutz was stabbed by a Romanian woman, Luminita Solcan, during a Taize prayer service. Leser prayed that Solcan would be forgiven for the murder. He was quoted by The New York Times.