23 Dec 2014 | Non categorizzato
For humanity to carry on
we need to have the courage to “invent peace”.
Of course we’ve asked ourselves:
Where do the kamikazes get the radicality
such a terrible choice as theirs requires?
Shouldn’t we be ready to give even our life
for the great ideal of love of God and love of neighbor.
Every person can love
because brotherly love is written in our DNA.
The brotherhood that Jesus brought on earth would then flower 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 whole new peace
and allow humanity to breath again.
Chiara Lubich
(Excerpt of Editorial no. 24/2003 Città Nuova )
23 Dec 2014 | Non categorizzato
For humanity to carry on
we need to have the courage to “invent peace”.
Of course we’ve asked ourselves:
Where do the kamikazes get the radicality
such a terrible choice as theirs requires?
Shouldn’t we be ready to give even our life
for the great ideal of love of God and love of neighbor.
Every person can love
because brotherly love is written in our DNA.
The brotherhood that Jesus brought on earth would then flower 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 whole new peace
and allow humanity to breath again.
Chiara Lubich
(Excerpt of Editorial no. 24/2003 Città Nuova )
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23 Dec 2014 | Non categorizzato
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 )
![A Christmas of Peace]()
23 Dec 2014 | Non categorizzato
“I wish everyone a Christmas full of gifts and joy, especially gifts from Heaven.
With gratitude in my heart for this year that is ending, I would like 2015 to be the year of our ‘Yes’! This means that before any situation we should say a joyful and total yes. A yes repeated infinite number of times: yes to God who asks us something unforeseen, yes to that person who needs our concrete love, yes to an unexpected suffering, yes to Jesus who awaits us in humanity so as to be welcomed, transforming suffering into joy, life and resurrection. Yes, always yes.
May a “choir of yeses” rise from us all this year so as to make the world smile with that joy that only Jesus can give us. Best wishes to all!”
Maria Voce (Emmaus)
23 Dec 2014 | Non categorizzato
May 2015 be the Year of our “Yes”
“I wish everyone a Christmas full of gifts and joy, especially gifts from Heaven.
With gratitude in my heart for this year that is ending, I would like 2015 to be the year of our ‘Yes’! This means that before any situation we should say a joyful and total yes. A yes repeated infinite number of times: yes to God who asks us something unforeseen, yes to that person who needs our concrete love, yes to an unexpected suffering, yes to Jesus who awaits us in humanity so as to be welcomed, transforming suffering into joy, life and resurrection. Yes, always yes.
May a “choir of yeses” rise from us all this year so as to make the world smile with that joy that only Jesus can give us. Best wishes to all!”
Maria Voce (Emmaus)
23 Dec 2014 | Non categorizzato
May 2015 be the Year of our “Yes”
“I wish everyone a Christmas full of gifts and joy, especially gifts from Heaven.
With gratitude in my heart for this year that is ending, I would like 2015 to be the year of our ‘Yes’! This means that before any situation we should say a joyful and total yes. A yes repeated infinite number of times: yes to God who asks us something unforeseen, yes to that person who needs our concrete love, yes to an unexpected suffering, yes to Jesus who awaits us in humanity so as to be welcomed, transforming suffering into joy, life and resurrection. Yes, always yes.
May a “choir of yeses” rise from us all this year so as to make the world smile with that joy that only Jesus can give us. Best wishes to all!”
Maria Voce (Emmaus)
