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Rome, 22 june 1972 With great inner silence we enter in Chiara’s conversation with the One and Triune God. The Trinity inside me!The abyss inside me!Immensity inside me!The chasm of love inside me! The Father who Jesus announcedinside me!The Word!The Holy Spirit, who I alwayswant to have in order to serve the Work of Mary,inside me! I ask for nothing less.I want to live in this abyss,lose myself in this sun,live together with Eternal Life. What should I do then? Prune the life outsideand live the one inside.The more I cut communicationswith the externalthe more I speak with the Trinityinside me. (Diary entry 22 May 1972, cited in Essential Writings, New City Press, New York 2007, p.147) Text

Rome, 5 March 19581 This writing, which is full of deep inspiration, was published for the first time in the Italian magazine “Città Nuova” in 1958, with the title “Mary”. Mary is not easily understood even though she is greatly loved. In a heart that is far from God, one is more likely to find devotion to her than to Jesus.She is universally loved.And the reason is this: it is Mary’s nature to be Mother. Mary is not easily understood even though she is greatly loved. In a heart that is far from God, one is more likely to find devotion to her than to Jesus.She is universally loved.And the reason is this: it is Mary’s nature to be Mother.Mothers, in general, are not “understood,” especially by younger children; they are “loved.” And not infrequently, indeed often, one hears that an eighty-year-old man dies saying as his last word: “mother.”A mother is more the object of the heart’s intuition than of the mind’s speculation. She is more poetry than philosophy, because

Turin (Royal Theatre), 2 June 2002 Chiara Lubich outlines the identity-kit of the politician who lives for unity, who interpellates voters and those elected in the context of the European elections. It is not my experience but a theme that I was asked to address. The title is this: “The Movement for Unity – which would be the political expression of the Focolare Movement – and political fraternity. Dear Mr. Mayor, Your Eminence, Honourable senators and deputies, civil and religious leaders who have come from all over the Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta regions, ladies and gentlemen, young people here present, it’s with great joy that I accept this invitation to speak of fraternity in the light of the experience and charter of the Movement for Unity. (...) Chiara Lubich text Video in italian