{"id":2429,"date":"2018-06-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oikonomia.it\/?post_type=articolo&p=2429"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:59:51","slug":"lettre-posthume-au-reverend-pere-eloi-messi-metogo","status":"publish","type":"articolo","link":"https:\/\/www.oikonomia.it\/en\/2018\/giugno\/lettre-posthume-au-reverend-pere-eloi-messi-metogo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lettre Posthume au Reverend P\u00e8re Eloi Messi Metogo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00ab A Ndie \u00bb<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Mon Cher et Bien-Aim\u00e9 Neveu<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0PAUCA MEAE<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb,<\/p>\n

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C\u2019est c\u00e9dant \u00e0 la r\u00e9sistance obstin\u00e9e des souvenirs de nos relations que je formule ces quelques mots, mots d\u2019une conscience certes attrist\u00e9e mais consol\u00e9e et r\u00e9confort\u00e9e par ce que nous aurons partag\u00e9 ensemble, dans nos efforts de marcher sur les traces des vertus th\u00e9ologales que sont la foi, l\u2019esp\u00e9rance et la charit\u00e9. Je m\u2019octroie la permission de dire de toi ce qui se d\u00e9couvrait chez cet homme que tu fus, \u00e0 la perception de mon jugement :<\/p>\n

ELOI MESSI METOGO : LA JOIE AU QUOTIDIEN.<\/strong><\/p>\n

J\u2019ai eu de toi, l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019un homme dont on doit se souvenir et pleurer lorsqu\u2019on l\u2019a rencontr\u00e9. Cet homme \u00e0 l\u2019apparence d\u00e9bonnaire mais profond et r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi dans ses vues, ses analyses, ses convictions ciment\u00e9es par des principes fermes et r\u00e9solus compatibles avec les pr\u00e9ceptes \u00e9vang\u00e9liques et la sagesse log\u00e9e dans la culture b\u00e9ti. A ce niveau, tu avais cette joie qui permet d\u2019\u00eatre constructif et intellectuellement productif, affable et g\u00e9n\u00e9reux envers les faibles qui n\u2019\u00e9taient pas seulement les tiens proches. Tout ce que tu avais, tout ce que tu savais, tout ce que tu pouvais \u00e0 ton niveau, tu avais \u00e0 c\u0153ur de le partager, ceci dans la joie. C\u2019est ce que j\u2019aper\u00e7ois dans tes attitudes de brillant causeur, plaisant blagueur qui se donnait toujours le temps de prendre la vie du bon cot\u00e9 , disposant en cela d\u2019une force tranquille qui savait banaliser les critiques , transcender les injures et m\u00e9priser les calomnies.<\/p>\n

La joie, je l\u2019ai trouv\u00e9e dans la fiert\u00e9 que tu avais de tes origines familiales. Noble B\u00e9ti, digne fils des Etenga et valeureux neveu des Mvog-Manga, tu n\u2019as rien sacrifi\u00e9 ni prostitu\u00e9 de cela dans les tentations de l\u2019assimilation, les dispersions et vagabondages dans d\u2019inutiles syncr\u00e9tismes, les gesticulations ostentatoires et vantardes d\u2019un intellectuel de haut niveau parce que form\u00e9, comp\u00e9tent et comp\u00e9titif. En un mot, parvenu aux cimes et sommit\u00e9s de la connaissance humaine. La vie, tu la prenais sans complexe et dans sa simplicit\u00e9. Fier de toi mais pas imbu, je n\u2019exag\u00e8re rien en disant que tu vivais tout cela dans la joie.<\/p>\n

La joie, je vais la chercher dans ta mani\u00e8re de servir l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie qu\u2019attestent la scientificit\u00e9 de tes enseignements, de tes nombreuses publications et contributions \u00e0 la formation intellectuelle ( go\u00fbt du travail bien fait et r\u00e9ussi), morale( sens de la correction, de la droiture et de l\u2019int\u00e9grit\u00e9), civique ( multiples rappels des exigences d\u2019une conscience civilement et patriotiquement responsable), spirituelle ( exemples de pi\u00e9t\u00e9 et d\u2019activation des b\u00e9atitudes), des jeunes qui se plaisaient \u00e0 \u00eatre avec toi pour t\u2019\u00e9couter et pourquoi pas t\u2019imiter afin de parvenir \u00e0 la hauteur de ton intellectualit\u00e9 toujours positivement flamboyante.<\/p>\n

Tout se passait comme si tu appliquais \u00e0 la lettre cette recommandation : \u00ab Soyez les pasteurs du troupeau de Dieu qui se trouve chez vous en devenant les mod\u00e8les du troupeau \u00bb (1 P 5).<\/p>\n

La joie ne fut pas de reste vue la qualit\u00e9 du service que tu rendais \u00e0 l\u2019Eglise. Je veux en trouver la preuve dans la fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 manifest\u00e9e envers la Congr\u00e9gation des Dominicains dont tu voulais asseoir le rayonnement, la solidit\u00e9 et l\u2019unit\u00e9 \u2026 MALGRE TOUT.<\/p>\n

Plus d\u2019une fois, j\u2019ai eu le privil\u00e8ge de go\u00fbter \u00e0 l\u2019agr\u00e9able saveur de tes hom\u00e9lies, de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier des justes attentions et patientes \u00e9coutes dont regorgeait ton confessionnal et qui parvenaient \u00e0 convaincre que tu assumais ta vocation sacerdotale comme une CORVEE AGREABLE.<\/p>\n

Avec toi, je voudrais dire \u00ab Gaudeamus \u00bb caressant l\u2019esp\u00e9rance justifi\u00e9e et confiante que ta joie au quotidien se muera en joie \u00e9ternelle aupr\u00e8s de ce Dieu qui t\u2019appelle, que tu as servi et qui sauve les p\u00e9cheurs.<\/p>\n

\u00ab A Ndie \u00bb Mon Cher et Bien-Aim\u00e9 Neveu, repose en paix !<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"autori":[835],"fascicolo":[263],"class_list":["post-2429","articolo","type-articolo","status-publish","hentry","autori-antoine-manga-bihina","fascicolo-giugno-2018"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOikonomia - Lettre Posthume au Reverend P\u00e8re Eloi Messi Metogo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leggi l'articolo a cura di Antoine Manga Bihina, pubblicato nel numero di Giugno 2018. 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