Many people in different parts of the world have met Chiara. We would be grateful to those who could send us their memories, unpublished letters, photos….Tante persone in molti luoghi del mondo hanno incontrato Chiara. Saremo grati a quanti ci faranno pervenire ricordi, documenti inediti, foto...
If someone out of impatience neglects the presence of God in their soul – even if they may seem to have fraternal charity – it is a frivolous, light, superficial and dangerous charity because it is not built on Rock: it is therefore not charity.
Ho trovato l’amore is a book just released in Italian by Città Nuova Publishing House, following the French edition of “Prier 15 jours avec Chiara Lubich.” The author, Florence Gillet, a theologian, has been part of Chiara Lubich’s personal secretariat since 1998.
I have preached around the world that God is Love and now because of the events that have been taking place, one after the other, I have the impression that God has forsaken me. I wrote this yesterday as well, but it is totally different. In any case, this evening I went into church to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and I found written there: “Bonum certamen fidei” [“Fight the good fight of faith”] This then is what awaits me in the coming days: the great struggle for faith, to believe in Love.
Chiara Lubich da Trento al mondo: l'impatto di una storia
(Registrazione video integrale del Convegno)
PRIMA SESSIONE - Storia e cultura
Michele Nicoletti (Università di Trento), Paolo Pombeni (Università di Bologna), Virginie Alnet (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Bernhard Callebaut (Pontificia Università San Tommaso d'Aquino, Roma)
Commetary on the Word of Life: “Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you” (Mt 17:20).
Recorded on 28/03/1979 at Chiara's house and aired by RadioDue on the program “Today is Sunday,” 2 September 1979.
We are in Lent. Why is it so difficult to talk about penance in our modern times? Good people, in certain areas, especially country people, and above all, women, still accept the parish priest's invitation to penance. And do it.