"If you say so, I will lower the nets" (Lk 5,5).
Chiara Lubich’s commentary on the Word of Life for February 1983, transmitted earlier this month during the Focolare’s worldwide linkup.
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We need to give space for forgiveness to enter
Reflections on forgiveness by Chiara Lubich, taken from the Word of Life of November 2000.
Word of Life - March 2019
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” (Lk 6:36)
Loving your enemies as well
“Love your enemies” (Mt 5:44). This truly turns our way of thinking upside down urging us to have a change of heart. A meditation by Chiara Lubich.
There is love and then there is love
Meditation on the Art of Loving by Chiara Lubich
"Mary, teacher of Life"
Although many years have passed since the first apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes, Igino Giordani’s reflection on this event still prompts us to question life around us.
It's not understood
“The fact that you are present in the silence of the tabernacle is something beyond comprehension, something truly wondrous; as time goes by, I feel its impact ever more deeply.” A meditation by Chiara Lubich.
Word of Life February 2019
“Seek peace, and pursue it” (Ps. 34:14).
"I am at the door knocking"
A priest recounts an experience regarding the Word of Life: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20).
"Making the world new"
Chiara Lubich’s answer to a question by the youth of the Focolare Movement: “How can we always have the presence of the Holy Spirit with us?” (Rome, 24th December 1989).