“The message of the Focolare Movement is not a complicated one,” wrote Chiara Lubich (1920-2008), founder of the movement. “The movement’s spirituality is drawn straight from the Gospel. For 2,000 years Jesus has asked his followers to give God the first place in their lives. He desires the fulfillment of his New Commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you” (Jn 13:34). It is not great works that characterize Christians, nor knowledge, miracles or mystical phenomena. If we love one another, then the world will believe.”
Tomorrow our group will review Chiara Lubich’s Essential Writings: Spirituality Dialogue Culture. 1st American ed. (New York: New City Press, 2007).
This was the last work published during the lifetime of founder Chiara Lubich - less than six months before her death. It collects essays and motivational talks from her earliest interventions to her reflections at the New Millennium and during the opening days of the pontificate of Benedict XVI. Students will not comment on the whole publication, but will concentrate on what they have found personally helpful or challenging, or both.
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