Riccardi

Commetary on the Word of Life: Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life(Jn 6:68) To the crowds that followed him, Jesus spoke about the kingdom of God (see Lk 9:11). He used simple words, parables taken from everyday life, and yet his words had a special fascination. People were struck by his teaching because he taught with authority, unlike the scribes. Even the temple guards who went to arrest him, when asked by the chief priests and Pharisees why they had not carried out their orders, replied: ‘Never has anyone spoken like this!’ (Jn 7:46). John’s gospel also tells of conversations full of light that Jesus had with individuals, such as Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman. Jesus explained things still more deeply to his Apostles and he spoke openly of the Father and of heavenly things, without using figures of speech. His words convinced them and they did not draw back even when they did not fully understand or when his words seemed too demanding.

The  writing quoted here was published as the Editorial of the Città Nuova Magazine on May 10,1970, a few months after the extraordinary and  amazing landing on the moon of three astronauts in July 1969.In Chiara Lubich's vision of the world, centred on unity, science and faith recall one another: science is a way to go to God, while faith can and must give a contribution to science.Writing in the not so easy ecclesial  context which followed the Second Vatican Council, Chiara starts from the astronaut's experience to introduce us to a human-divine understanding of the Church and its structure. Rome (Città Nuova), May 10, 1970 It isn't true that science and faith are incompatible — faith enlightens science and science can aid faith; both, in fact, seek one objective which is truth. Truth is the more transcendent and invisible when it comes to faith — it governs all creation; whereas for science, truth is tangible and doesn't complete its task unless it discovers the cause of whatever is investigated. After