La Desolata

Maria ai piedi della croce, nello straziante «stabat» che fa di lei un mare amaro di angoscia, è l’espressione più alta, in umana creatura, dell’eroicità di ogni virtù. Ella è la mansueta per eccellenza, la mite, la povera fino alla perdita del suo Figlio che è Dio, la giusta che non si lamenta d’esser privata di ciò che le appartiene per pura elezione, la pura nel distacco affettivo a tutta prova dal suo Figlio Dio... In Maria Desolata è il trionfo delle virtù della fede e della speranza per la carità che l’accese durante tutta la vita e qui l’infiammò nella partecipazione così viva alla Redenzione. Maria ci insegna nella sua desolazione, che l’ammanta di ogni virtù, a coprirci di umiltà e di pazienza, di prudenza e di perseveranza, di semplicità e di silenzio perché nella notte di noi, dell’umano che è in noi, brilli per il mondo la luce di Dio che abita in noi. Maria addolorata è la Santa per eccellenza, un monumento di santità cui tutti gli uomini

2021-08-31T02:01:59+02:0015 April 2011|

Mary Desolate

Mary at the foot of the cross, in her heart-rending stabat that makes of her a bitter sea of anguish, is the highest expression in a human creature of heroism in every virtue. … The Desolate is meekness par excellence, gentle, poor to the point of losing her Son who is God, … the righteous one who does not complain when deprived of what was given her purely by election; the pure one in emotional detachment, tested to the utmost, from her Son who is God … In her is the triumph of the virtues of faith and hope through the charity that enflamed her throughout her life, and here set her ablaze as she participated in such a living way in the Redemption. … Mary, in the desolation that clothed her with every virtue, furthermore will teach us to equip ourselves with patience, perseverance, simplicity and silence, so that in the night of what is human in us, there may shine out for the world the light of God dwelling

2021-08-15T23:29:22+02:0015 April 2011|

Gesù in mezzo e la Parola

Rocca di Papa, 25 gennaio 1975 L’amore reciproco che nasce dal mettere in pratica la Parola di Dio genera la presenza di Gesù nella comunità: una esperienza che, come spiega Chiara Lubich in questa risposta, illumina e fa comprendere in profondità tutto il Vangelo. {rokbox title=|Gesù in mezzo e la Parola :: Rocca di Papa, 25 gennaio 1975| size=|561 350| thumb=|images/video/lubich_19750125b.jpg|}http://vimeo.com/22228380&autoplay=1{/rokbox} Chiara Lubich a un incontro di volontari

2021-09-01T04:01:35+02:0031 March 2011|

Jesus in the midst and the Word of God

Rocca di Papa, January 25, 1975 {rokbox title=|Jesus in the midst and the Word of God :: Rocca di Papa, 25 January 1975| size=|561 350| thumb=|images/video/lubich_19750125b.jpg|}http://vimeo.com/22228380&autoplay=1{/rokbox} Video available only in original language Chiara Lubich at a meeting of volunteers Transcription

2021-09-02T03:20:53+02:0031 March 2011|

Why is the will of God not always clear?

Castel Gandolfo, March 4, 1989 {rokbox title=|Why is the will of God not always clear? :: Castel Gandolfo, 4 March 1989| size=|561 350| thumb=|images/video/lubich_19890304.jpg|}http://vimeo.com/21755990&autoplay=1{/rokbox} Video available only in original language An answer Chiara Lubich gave at a Meeting of the New Parish Movement Transcription

2021-09-02T03:20:53+02:0031 March 2011|

Not what I want, but what you want

Commentary on the Word of Life: Not what I want, but what you want. (Mk 14:36) Jesus was in the garden of olives, in a place called Gethsemane. The long-awaited hour hadarrived. It was the turning point of his life. He threw himself on the ground and appealed to God, with confident tenderness calling him ‘Father’. He asked to be spared from ‘drinking the cup’, words that referred to his passion and death. Jesus prayed that that hour might pass him by… But in the end he submitted completely to the Father’s will: Not what I want, but what you want Jesus knew his passion was no chance event, nor simply a decision by human beings, but God’s plan. He was to be tried and rejected by human beings, but the ‘cup’ came from God’s hands. Jesus teaches us that the Father has his plan of love for each one of us and that he loves us personally. He teaches us that if we believe in the Father’s love and respond

2021-08-15T23:29:18+02:0030 March 2011|
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