That Word
Rocca di Papa, 20 November 1979 The Word of life for the month of March 2015 that is proposed for the whole Focolare Movement says: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (Mk 8:34). This is a phrase that Chiara Lubich recalled throughout her life and it was a source of light for her and for many others in the world. This writing is how she explained it to the young people in 1979. Dearest Gen, Perhaps you would like just the right word; a word that says everything, that sums up the truth, that gives you the recipe for a real life. This is what I am meditating on too in these days. Alright, gen, I have convinced myself that there is no safer way to reach the perfect life than the way of suffering embraced out of love. This is the way all Saints thought of it, throughout the centuries. The fact is that each one wished