Showing posts with label Chiara Lubich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chiara Lubich. Show all posts

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Today's Password : 22.January.2017, Sunday

Essere misericordiosi
Be merciful

“God shows us, in a new and higher manner, that there is something worth more than suffering: love for others, in the form of mercy. This is the love, which stretches our hearts and arms to embrace the wretched, the poor, repentant sinners, and those whom life has ravaged. Mercy is the final expression of charity; it is what completes it. And charity goes beyond suffering, for suffering belongs to this life alone, whereas love continues into the next. God prefers mercy to sacrifice.”
Chiara Lubich

* Today is also Chiara's birthday. We thank her for saying her YES to God.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Password and Meditation for January 11, 2017

Passwords allow us to access something.  In this case, I have thought of sharing the password that our community, Focolare (Work of Mary) foundress, Chiara Lubich has been sharing with us with her meditations. Simple as they may be, they have helped us go ahead with our lives and gives more color and meaning in our mundane everyday endeavors.

So here you go...

Today's Password
( 11.01.2017 ) Wednesday
Aiutare chi è nelle difficoltà
Help people in difficulty
“We are members of one another, and mutual service is our duty. Jesus did not merely advise us to serve one another, He commanded us to do so. When we help someone out of charity, let us not immediately think ourselves saints. If our neighbor is powerless, we must help him, and we must do so as effectively as he would help himself, if only he could. Or else, what kind of Christians are we?”
Chiara Lubich
(Meditationsp52)

Can you relate or have experiences on how you have lived this password?

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