{"id":381853,"date":"2025-05-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/?p=381853"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:19:14","slug":"living-the-gospel-lord-you-know-everything-you-know-that-i-love-you-jn-2117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/living-the-gospel-lord-you-know-everything-you-know-that-i-love-you-jn-2117\/","title":{"rendered":"Living the Gospel: “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you” (Jn. 21:17)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A message!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

It was the birthday of a dear friend with whom I had shared ideals, joys, and sorrows. But it had been a long time since I had written to him or seen him. I hesitated a little: I could send him a message, but I didn\u2019t know how he would take it. The Word of Life encouraged me: \u201cLord, you know everything; you know that I love you\u201d (Jn. 21:17).<\/em> He replied shortly later: \u201cWhat a joy to receive your greeting.\u201d And a dialogue began: messages went back and forth. He told me about himself. He was satisfied with his job, had an excellent salary and confided that he wanted to come visit me. I encouraged him and made myself available to welcome him and help organize his stay. One more reason to keep him in mind\u2026 and not wait another year to send him a message. <\/p>\n\n

(C. A.- Italia)<\/p>\n\n

Crushed by pride<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I could forgive Miguel for the evenings he spent in the tavern, but not for the infidelity he once confessed. I was the good wife and mother, the victim. However, ever since he had been spending time with Father Venancio and others from the parish, my husband seemed like a different man: he was more present at home, more affectionate with me. I, on the other hand, remained distant every time he suggested we read the Gospel together and try to put it into practice. Once, because it was his birthday, I agreed to go with him to a family meeting. That was the first of many. One day, a phrase struck me: \u201cBuild peace.\u201d How could I do that, having discovered how selfish, full of misery and resentment I was? Pride kept me from asking Miguel for forgiveness, while he, in our 28 years of marriage, had asked me for forgiveness more than once. Still, I searched for the right moment. Until one day, at a family group meeting, after asking God for help, I managed to share our experience as a couple and ask Miguel for forgiveness. That day, I felt a new, true love for him be reborn. <\/p>\n\n

(R. \u2013 Mexico)<\/p>\n\n

Caring for Others<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Since I\u2019ve been spending time in Havana, neck-deep in the daily struggles of our neighbourhood<\/em> residents amid the country’s severe economic crisis, I\u2019m still not used to the timely interventions of Providence. Among the many, this is the most recent. Someone from our community told me about a substantial donation of quality medicines, all related to the treatment of nervous disorders. I was a bit perplexed since they didn\u2019t match the usual categories of medications needed by the poor who come to us but I went to collect them anyway. Then I remembered that once a month, on Monday mornings, a psychiatrist visits our neighbourhood<\/em> to provide free consultations to those in need. So, at the first opportunity, I contacted him and showed him the list of medicines. As he read through, his face lit up: \u201cThese are exactly what I was looking for!\u201d he exclaimed, astonished. <\/p>\n\n

(R.Z. \u2013 Cuba)<\/p>\n\n

Compiled by Maria Grazia Berretta(taken from The Gospel of the Day, New City, year X\u2013 no.1 May-June 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Photo: \u00a9Mohamed Hassan – W\u00e4lz \/ Pixabay<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":381890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3286,3308],"tags":[3349,3196],"class_list":["post-381853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonianze-di-vita-en","category-vite-vissute-en","tag-notifiche-en","tag-ppg-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}