Sunday, February 15, 2009

Tears at Taize
Read the definitions below and put the number after the vocabulary word.

ecumenical ____
to shelter ____
refugee ____
execution ____
contemplative ____
tolerance ____
fostering ____
communion ____
to confide ____

1. A person who leaves their own country to live in another country.
2. to share in an activity with other people, not alone. A time during a church service when you take wine and bread representing God.
3. tell in private, to tell confidentially
4. deep serious thoughtfulness
5. willingness to respect another person's belief or practice
6. help develop, help grow
7. murder, unlawful killing of a person.
8. to provide protection for, to provide a place to stay
9. promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations

Now, put one of the words above into the following sentences.

The ________________ of six million Jews is maybe the worse episode in our history.
I had to ______________in my wife that I did not love her anymore.
Brother Roger helped _______________ reconciliation in Europe after the war.
We pray in ____________________ with you, dear Lord.
All the churches came together to worship in an _________________ service.
Brother Roger is a very ___________________ person. He thinks deeply and prays about things.
There needs to be more ________________ in the world. People need to respect each other.
Father Roger ________________ Jews after the war.
There are many _____________ around the world because of war. People have to escape to other countries.

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