\u2018See, I am making all things new.\u2019<\/p>\n\n
(\u2026) We cannot know when and how this will happen and it\u2019s a waste of time trying to find out. It is certain, however, that it will come about. It is not a dream nor a utopia nor a sentimental desire. No, it is a certainty repeatedly upheld by God in the Bible. It will be God\u2019s response to the untiring efforts of his children to build up his kingdom. It will be the crown given to them for their fidelity in living his Word. It will be the full unfolding of the power of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus introduced into history through his death and resurrection. <\/p>\n\n
From the very moment Jesus came on earth, in spite of tribulations of all kinds, this renewal has already begun, it\u2019s already under way. From now on, all those who allow Jesus to live in them – and he lives in us if we put his words into practice \u2013 will experience the miracle of his grace that makes all things new. His grace transforms suffering into peace and inner serenity. It overcomes our weakness, hatred, selfishness, pride, greed and every sort of evil. It enables us to pass from the slavery to our passions and fears to the joyful freedom of the children of God. Furthermore, God\u2019s grace is not limited to transforming the individual person, but through each one of us, it transforms society as a whole. <\/p>\n\n
(\u2026)<\/p>\n\n
In fact, God wants to renew all things: our personal life, friendships, conjugal love, the family. He wants to renew life in society under every aspect: work, education, culture, entertainment, health, economics and politics. In short, God wants to transform every sector of life on earth.<\/p>\n\n
But God needs us in order to do this. He needs people who allow his Word to live in them, people who are his living Word, people who are another Jesus in their own particular environments. And since the Word that summarizes Jesus\u2019 teaching, the full expression of God\u2019s law, is love, let\u2019s try to put it into practice. Let\u2019s love our neighbors just as we love ourselves, without watering down the Word of God, without minimizing its power.<\/p>\n\n
We will become aware of a continuous renewal, above all in our own hearts, and before long around us as well.<\/p>\n\n
Chiara Lubich<\/em> \u2018See, I am making all things new.\u2019 Chiara Lubich commented on the Word of Life for February 2026 in April 1989. Here is a brief excerpt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":396041,"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":[2903,2822],"tags":[286,912,913,223],"class_list":["post-396058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiara-lubich-3","category-spiritualita-2","tag-chiara-lubich","tag-notifiche","tag-ppg","tag-spiritualita-dellunita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396058","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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396059,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396058\/revisions\/396059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}