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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven”<\/strong> (Mt 7:21).<\/p>\n This phrase from Matthew\u2019s Gospel is part of the conclusion to the great Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus, having proclaimed the Beatitudes, invites his listeners to recognise the loving closeness of God and indicates how to act accordingly: to discover in the will of the Father the way to reach full communion with him, in his Kingdom.<\/p>\n Not everyone who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord\u2019, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.<\/strong><\/p>\n But what is the will of God? How can we know what this is? Chiara Lubich shared her discovery in this way: \u201c\u2026 God\u2019s will is God\u2019s voice that continually speaks to us, inviting us. It is a thread, or rather, a divine golden filament that weaves through all our earthly life and beyond. It is God\u2019s way of expressing his love, a love that asks for a response so that he can accomplish his wonders in our lives. God\u2019s will is what we should be, our true being, our fulfilment\u2026 Let us always repeat, \u2018Let it be done\u2019 before every painful, joyful or indifferent will of God\u2026 We will discover that these four simple words will be a powerful impetus, like a launch pad, to do whatever we must do with love, with perfection and with total dedication\u2026Moment by moment, we will compose the marvellous, unique and unrepeatable mosaic of our life that the Lord has always thought of for each of us. Just as the tiny and multi-coloured flowers have their meaning within the boundless beauty of nature, so even the smallest thing, like an act of love, has meaning and shines forth in the beauty and immensity of God.\u201d [1]<\/p>\n Not everyone who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord\u2019, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Matthew\u2019s Gospel, the Christian\u2019s Law par excellence is mercy which is the fulfilment of every act of worship and love for the Lord. This Word helps our relationship with God which is certainly personal and intimate, open up to a fraternal dimension by taking concrete actions. It urges us to \u201cgo out\u201d of ourselves to bring reconciliation and hope to others.<\/p>\n A group of young people from Heidelberg, Germany gave this testimony: \u201cHow could we make our friends experience that the key to happiness lies in giving oneself to others? This is where we started to launch our new action entitled \u2018One hour of happiness\u2019. The idea is very simple: to make another person happy, at least for one hour a month. We started with the people who we felt most needed love, and wherever we offered our availability, doors were thrown wide open! And so, here we were in a park, pushing some older people in wheelchairs, or in a hospital, playing with children or doing sports with people with disabilities. They were overjoyed, but as the action promises: we were even more so! And our friends who were invited to participate? At first, they were intrigued, but now that they have tried to make other people happy, they agree with us: happiness can be given and, even more, can be felt.\u201d<\/p>\n Letizia Magri<\/p>\n [1] Chiara Lubich, Telephone Link Up, 27 February 1992<\/p>\n https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-63571203\/june-2021-word-of-life<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Mt 7:21).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"template-full.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kelma-tal-hajja"],"yoast_head":"\n