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Castel Gandolfo, February 16, 1987 Chiara Lubich describes to a group of bishops the experience of the Focolare Movement concerning Mary. She explains how Mary made herself known in important moments of life, in such a strong and new way that the Movement as a whole took its name from her: “Work of Mary.” Your Eminences and Your Excellencies, The fundamental point of our spirituality that I have been invited to present this year – is one of the points of our spirituality, but it is much more than a point – this is Mary. I will, however, not set out to speak of Mary as perhaps one should when speaking of the world’s most exalted being, since only the Church itself is capable of doing such a vast and demanding task throughout the centuries. Text Video in italian

Rome, november 25, 1998 Commentary of the Word of Life: But to all who received him, he gave power to become children of God (Jn 1:12). This is the amazing new thing that Jesus proclaimed and gave to humanity: to be children of God, becoming God’s children through grace.But how, and who is given this grace? It goes to 'to all who received him' and to those who would receive him in the following centuries. We must receive Jesus in faith and in love, believing in him as our Saviour.But let’s try to understand more deeply what it means to be children of God.All we need do is look at Jesus, the Son of God, and at his relationship with the Father. Jesus prayed to his Father as he did in the ‘Our Father’. For him the Father was ‘Abba’, which means Dad, Daddy, the one he turned to in tones of infinite trust and boundless love. But since he had come on earth for us, it was not enough for