Focolare Movement

The Word: a source of God to drink from

Oct 18, 2008

Summary of Maria Emmaus Voce’s address to the Synod

From the start of the Focolare Movement, Chiara Lubich, together with a small group of friends, began a spiritual journey marked by a deep rediscovery of the life of the Gospel. The effect of this life was the birth of a community made up of those who, after meeting them, began in turn to live the Gospel with commitment and enthusiasm, communicating their many surprising experiences to one another. Today the Word of God still occupies a central place. It is experienced as a source of God (cf DV 7) from which to drink, and to nourish the soul, as with the Eucharist (cf DV 21). The habit of sharing experiences of the Word with one another helped them to bring about an increasingly authentic evangelisation. One can understand Chiara’s ardent desire to leave to those who follow her, only the Gospel. “What remains and will always remain”, she said, “is the Gospel, which is not affected by time” (…) “The Work of Mary will thus remain on earth like another Mary: completely Gospel, nothing else but Gospel, and because it is Gospel, it will not die” (C. Lubich, Essere tua Parola, Roma, p 85)

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