{"id":308432,"date":"2022-09-05T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/chiara-lubich-communicate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:43:41","slug":"chiara-lubich-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/chiara-lubich-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiara Lubich: communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On 2 June 2000, the first conference on &#8216;Communication and Unity&#8217; was held, in which Chiara Lubich presented to those attending, the model of the &#8216;great communicator&#8217;: Jesus in the moment of his forsakenness, the mediator between humanity and God. She then listed the guiding principles of communications inspired by the charism of unity.<\/em>  It is unthinkable that a <em>new communication <\/em>be imposed from above, by\u00a0some international agency or institution. It will come rather from the experience\u00a0of communicators who have God-Love as a model for communication\u00a0and as a paradigm for professional relations.  <em>Guiding principles of our communication<\/em>\u2014And indeed it is God-Love that\u00a0those of us who are involved in communication seek to draw upon.  They have developed out of their daily experience an <em>original way of\u00a0<\/em><em>communicating<\/em>. We present it here as a small contribution to the body of\u00a0research being developed today.  The first thought: for them <em>communication is essential<\/em>. The effort to live\u00a0the gospel in everyday life, the experience of the <em>Word of Life<\/em>, has always been\u00a0indissolubly united with communicating it, describing the various steps and\u00a0the results, since it is a law that we love others as ourselves.  They believe that what is not communicated is lost. So life generates light,\u00a0both for those who speak and for those who listen, and it seems the experience\u00a0is fixed in eternity. They have almost a vocation for communication.  The second thought: <em>to communicate<\/em>, we feel the need \u201c<em>to make ourselves\u00a0<\/em><em>one<\/em>\u201d as we say, with the one who is listening\u00a0A third thought: <em>emphasize the positive<\/em>. It has always been our way to put\u00a0what is good into light, out of a conviction that it is infinitely more constructive\u00a0to point out what is good, dwelling on the good and positive aspects, than to\u00a0stop at the negative, even though whoever is in a position of responsibility has\u00a0the duty at the proper moment to point out errors, shortcomings and failures.  Finally: <em>the person matters, not the media<\/em>, which are merely an instrument.\u00a0Bringing about unity first of all requires the indispensable means, which is the\u00a0person, St. Paul\u2019s <em>new self<\/em>, who has welcomed the mandate of Christ to be\u00a0leaven, salt, light of the world. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Chiara Lubich<\/em><\/p>\n<p> (Chiara Lubich, <em>Essential Writings,<\/em> New City Press, New York, and New City London 2007 p. 295-296)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 2 June 2000, the first conference on &#8216;Communication and Unity&#8217; was held, in which Chiara Lubich presented to those attending, the model of the &#8216;great communicator&#8217;: Jesus in the moment of his forsakenness, the mediator between humanity and God. 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