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It’s Christmas! The Word became a human being and set love alight on earth. It’s Christmas! And we would never wish the sun to set on this day. Teach us, O Lord, how to preserve your presence among us. It’s Christmas! Let your love, set alight on earth, burn our hearts and let us love one another as you desire! Then you will be there among us. And every day, if we love one another, can be Christmas. Chiara Lubich (Taken from Christmas Joy, New City, London 1998, p.59) |
Joy!
In the trust that Jesus places in us, each one can find the strength to love as he teaches and the ability to bear witness to that love as the disciples did.In love it is possible to go beyond ourselves and our weaknesses. When Jesus dwells in us, what he works is nothing short of wonderful.
Eliminate every desire of power. In a world constantly torn apart by conflict and in following Pope Leo XIV’s invitation to build an “unarmed and disarming” peace, we want to share a reflection by Chiara Lubich that is extremely relevant for us today, taken from a 1981 Word of Life.
How can we become peacemakers in our everyday lives, right where we are? Anibelka Gómez, from the Dominican Republic, shares her story, showing how education can build human networks that sow beauty for the good of entire communities.
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