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<\/strong>\u201cIt is nearly impossible to put into words what<\/strong> Igino Giordani<\/a> was for the Focolare Movement.<\/strong>\u00a0He was a co-founder of\u00a0the Movement.\u00a0Being\u00a0co-founder of a Work that the Church recognises as its own\u00a0involves a multiple and complex activity of grace,\u00a0 true and varied impulses from the Holy Spirit, as well as actions on the part of the individual that\u00a0are determining for the Work. These graces often come in the form of penetrating and prolonged suffering, often as light, graces and love that are not ordinary. It\u00a0is better left to the history of the Church and\u00a0the spiritual movements that embellish it through the centuries, to speak about such people.<\/p>\nA focolarino\u00a0<\/strong>prays, works, and suffers in order to reach a goal: the perfection of love. Therefore, we feel it is our duty to confirm that Giordani reached this goal.\u00a0In our judgement he reached the perfection of love.<\/p>\n He personified\u00a0the name by which he was known in the Movement<\/strong>: \u201cFire\u201d (Foco), that is, love\u00a0towards God and towards neighbour, the supernatural and natural love which lies at the roots and is the summit of\u00a0Christian life.\u00a0He contributed in a unique way to keeping alive in our midst the reality of the Word of Life\u00a0given to him when he\u00a0entered the Movement: \u201cLove one another as I have loved you.\u201d<\/p>\n Those who knew Igino Giordani well are all in agreement that he had lived the Beatitudes.\u00a0<\/strong>Exceptionally \u2018pure of heart,\u2019<\/strong> he offered married people from around the world the possibility of a unique consecration to God while remaining in the matrimonial state, through\u00a0spiritual virginity, the effect of\u00a0burning charity. This purity refined and heightened his holiest sentiments.<\/p>\n He was \u2018poor in spirit\u2019<\/strong> with\u00a0complete detachment from his possessions, but above all from\u00a0himself.\u00a0He was full of mercy.\u00a0In his company even the most miserable sinner felt forgiven, and the poorest pauper felt like a king.\u00a0One of the most remarkable characteristics was that of being a \u2018peacemaker,\u2019 especially in his life as a politician.<\/p>\n He came to possess that meekness that leads to possessing the earth<\/strong>. He won over\u00a0everyone who drew near to him. Everyone felt at ease with him,\u00a0even the young were able to establish a relationship\u00a0with him. Especially during his last years he seemed to\u00a0radiate something supernatural when he spoke.<\/p>\n He \u201chungered and thirsted for justice\u201d<\/strong> and fought for it all his life. Almost immediately he was persecuted for the sake of God\u2019s name. So many\u00a0sentences\u00a0of the Gospel make us think of him.<\/p>\n From Giordani one learns the significance of that conversion which Jesus asks for when he says that we must become like little children.\u00a0He was a\u00a0fine Christian apologist and apostle. When it seemed to him that he had found a font of clear water flowing from the Church, he \u201csold everything\u2019<\/strong> to follow Jesus and to satisfy his thirst with that water.<\/p>\n He suffered because of the marginalization of the lait<\/strong>y, and he aspired with that big heart of his to bring down the dividing walls between the people living in the state of perfection and the others \u2013 whom he would jokingly add \u2013 were living in the state of imperfection. In other words, he was very sensitive to the signs of the times; indeed, he himself was a sign of the times, of these times in which the Holy Spirit calls the entire People of God to holiness.”<\/p>\n