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A Christmas of Peace

Dec 23, 2014

A meditation by Chiara Lubich (Christmas 2003)

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For humanity to carry on

we need to have the courage to “invent peace”.

Of course we’ve asked ourselves:

Where do kamikazes get the courage that

a terrible mission such as theirs requires?

Shouldn’t we then be ready to give our life

for the great ideal of love of God and love of neighbour?

Every person can love

because love for our brothers and sisters is written in our DNA.

The fellowship that Jesus brought on earth would then blossom everywhere.

He became our brother, and made us all brothers and sisters to one another.

Perhaps Divine Providence

makes use of destructive situations

to spark an unexpected moral jumpstart

and unleash unimagined energy

with which to build a world of peace

and allow humanity to breathe again.

Chiara Lubich

(Excerpt of Editorial no. 24/2003 Città Nuova )

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