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Rome, 1977 Asceticism and mysticism as new way of life: the focolare The Focolare centres are at the heart of the Movement you founded. What is a Focolare? A Focolare is a modern community made up of a small number of people who live in the midst of the world and who do not distinguish themselves from others in the way they dress and they work. But they have left the world, their countries, their families, their careers, to give themselves to the cause of unity in the world. The Focolare is also open to married people if they feel within themselves a desire for a total commitment. They are asked to be spiritually detached from all things even if they remain in their family.The life of the Focolare is guided by a rule which sprang from life and can be applied to all circumstances. But the norm of norms, the basis of our life, is the constant, mutual charity that must always circulate among the members of the Movement. This

Rocca di Papa, 9 October 1978 The Presence of Jesus in the Christian According to St. John This talk highlights the centre of revelation from the perspective of the charism of unity Jesus in the believer John too, like Paul, has his own way of speaking about the presence of Jesus in the Christian. His characteristic formula is: the believer in Christ, and Christ in the believer. For him, therefore, there is a mutual indwelling.He speaks about this in connection with the Eucharist: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him” (Jn 6:56). ( ... ) Video in italian Text

Rome, 1957 This vision of the historical development of the religious families indicates, as Fr. Fabio Ciardi wrote, “a Catholic, open, universal heart that is capable of extending over the whole Church.”(*) Christ through the centuries Jesus is the Word of God incarnate. The church is the gospel incarnate: for this reason she is the Bride of Christ. Many religious orders have flourished through the centuries. Every family or order is the “incarnation,” so to speak, of an expression of Jesus, of an attitude of his, of an event of his life, of a suffering of his, of a word of his.. There are Franciscans who continue to proclaim to the world through their very existence: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 5:3). There are the Dominicans who contemplate the Logos, the Word, under the aspect of Light and Truth, and make it their mission to explain and defend that Truth. Monks have linked work to contemplation (Martha and Mary). The Carmelites adore