“Jesus among us as the premise or principle, as the means to holiness, and as the goal.”[2] The spirituality of communion proposed by Chiara Lubich culminates and is based on this aspect. She herself wrote in her diary dated 13th April, 1967: “The various points of our spirituality are [the presence of] Jesus in the midst explained in various ways, opening out like a fan” [3]. Placed at the end of the twelve points that characterise Chiara Lubich’s spirituality, this presence is the prerequisite and is often referred to. Historically, the idea of Jesus in the midst as a characteristic expression of the spirituality of unity was already intuited by Chiara in 1939, in Loreto, where she attended a conference of young Catholics. The little house of Nazareth, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus had lived, situated in the largest basilica built between 1469 and 1587, and which guards it like a fortress, attracted her in a particular way.“Something new and divine enveloped me (..) I did not understand the reason for that strong impression. Later, over the years, everything became clear to me. It was the call to a life of communion among persons who live with Jesus in their midst” [4]. Thus, in December 1999, she affirmed: “If Jesus is among us, he makes himself felt; we can experience him. Herein lies the beauty and the enormity of this particular presence of Jesus that we are called to live” [5].The presence of Jesus in the midst is a reality, not a form of words: In a talk given in 1975, Chiara explained: “It’s not that here among us we have a formula or a virtue, or some goodness or kindness, or a sense of the divine. Here with us is a person! We do not see him with our own eyes, but he hears us and scrutinizes our every thought, every throb of our heart, every consent of our soul. He’s here! [6]. In a diary entry from 2002, Chiara wrote: “I understood that if, upon my death, I would leave the whole world to each of you, there would be absolutely no comparison. Jesus is the supreme good and everyone can inherit his presence. Why is that? Because he is nothing other than the result of putting our spirituality into practice. Living one fundamental point after the other, we will manage to offer Jesus to the world. And perhaps that’s why we can say: ‘In the Church, my mother, I will be Mary.’ Mary, who was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, offered him physically to the world. We, because of the light of a charism (of the Holy Spirit), can offer him spiritually.[7]