That journey also marked the high point of our reflection, which was no longer based
on direct and personal trust but above all on the image of the other, the infinite, the
absolute image of the other, which may be shared. It was the culmination of our
thoughts for the future, not of the past. A programme that simply looks to the past
does not betoken success; it is the future that opens the door for us to meet the other
in love and in light, bring the other into existence, accept the other with all the
difficulties that implies, not as a burden but as an act of grace that opens up the future.