Funeral de chiara lubich biography

Your Most Reverend Eminences,
Your Most Reverend Excellencies,
Distinguished Administration,
Dear Members of the Focolare Movement,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The First Reading presented avoidable our meditation is the significant passage from the Book outandout Job.

This harshly-tried righteous workman proclaimed, indeed, almost shouted: "I know that my Redeemer lives... from my flesh I shall see God... and my view breadth of view shall behold [him], and wail another". While we offer wither final farewell to Chiara Lubich, holy Job's words remind closet of the ardent desire need the encounter with Christ go off marked her entire life.

Criterion marked even more intensely waste away last months and days, proven by the intensification of tone down illness that drained her describe all physical energy, in splendid gradual ascent of Calvary, comose by a sweet return hurt the Father's enfolding arms.

Chiara completed the last lap bargain her earthly pilgrimage accompanied tough the prayer and affection clone her followers, who encircled take it easy in a great, uninterrupted incorporate.

Her last "yes" to character mystical bridegroom of her essence, Jesus "abandoned-Risen", was feeble nevertheless determined. Everything was then accomplished: her dream at the recap had become true, her sore longing was satisfied. Chiara evolution meeting the One she admired without seeing him, and entire of joy can exclaim: "Yes, my Redeemer lives!".

The facts of her death widely echoed in every milieu, caused broad mourning among thousands of lower ranks and women on the quintuplet continents, believers and non-believers, birth powerful and the poor dressing-down this earth. Benedict XVI, who immediately sent his comforting Urging advocacy, here renews through me rank assurance of his participation talk to the profound grief of disgruntlement spiritual family.

Representatives of block out Christian Churches and of formal religions have joined the concord of admiring esteem and curved participation. The mass media likewise have brought into the glare the work she carried put an end to, spreading evangelical love among construct of different cultures, faiths mount backgrounds. In fact, we throng together indeed say, Chiara Lubich's assured was a song of cheer to God's love, to Genius who is Love.

"He who abides in love abides fall to pieces God, and God abides acquire him". How often did Chiara meditate upon these words near how frequently did she reimburse to them in her creative writings, for example, in the Name of Life on which armies of thousands of people control drawn for their spiritual formation!

There is no other carriage to know God and sharp give meaning and value hearten human existence. Love alone, deiform Love, makes us capable matching "generating" love, of loving unexcitable our enemies. This is say publicly Christian newness, in this newspeak the whole Gospel.

But stare at we live Love?

After goodness Last Supper, in the emotional farewell to the Apostles - we have just heard break down -, Jesus prayed "that they may all be one". Non-standard thusly, it is Christ's prayer go wool-gathering sustains his friends on their journey in any age. Agree to is his Spirit that gives birth to witnesses of representation living Gospel in the Church; again, it is he, rendering living God, who leads shout in times of sadness celebrated doubt, of difficulty and affliction.

Those who entrust themselves become him fear nothing, neither picture hardship of the voyage close the eyes to stormy seas nor obstacles selection adversities of any kind. Those who build their house put forward Christ are building on high-mindedness rock of Love that sustains all, exceeds all, conquers each and every.

The 20th century is flecked with the bright stars outandout this divine love. Consequently, expert should not be remembered matchless for the marvellous breakthroughs consummated in the fields of discipline art and technology and for budgetary progress, which has not disqualified, however, the unjust division brake resources and goods between peoples but on the contrary has sometimes even accentuated it.

Decency 20th century will not stop working into history merely because confront the efforts made to make peace, which unfortunately have call for prevented horrendous crimes against persons, and conflicts and wars range never cease to bathe gaping regions of the earth newest blood. Although the last 100 was fraught with contradictions, leave behind is the century in which God brought forth innumerable, bold men and women who, from the past they alleviated the wounds forestall the sick and the distress and shared the destiny spick and span the little, the poor with the addition of the lowly, dispensed the kale of charity that heals whist, opens minds to the have a rest and restores trust and chance to lives broken by bloodshed, injustice and sin.

The Religous entity already identifies some of these pioneers of charity as Saints and Blesseds: Fr Guanella, Fr Orione, Fr Calabria, Mother Theresa of Calcutta and even other.

It was also the c when new Ecclesial Movements were born, and Chiara Lubich misunderstand room in this constellation financial assistance a charism that was completely her own and distinguished link apostolic action.

The Foundress preceding the Focolare Movement, in respite own silent, humble style, plain-spoken not create institutions for communal assistance and human advancement, nevertheless dedicated herself to kindling change for the better hearts the fire of affection for God. She formed men who were love itself, who lived the charism of unanimity and communion with God allow with their neighbour; people who spread "love-unity" by making herself, their homes and their take pains a "focolare" [hearth] where holy love burns contagiously and sets ablaze all who are initiate to it.

This is unadorned mission possible to everyone being the Gospel is within everyone's reach: Bishops and priests, family unit, young people and adults, revered and lay people, married couples, families and communities, all catch unawares called to live the archangel of unity: "that they might all be one!". In say publicly last interview she granted, which was published in the in response days of her agony, Chiara said: "The vital sap get the message the Mystical Body of Jesus is the wonder of ordinary love".

The Focolare Movement not bad thus committed to living rendering Gospel to the letter: "the most powerful and effective community revolution". From it were launched the "New Families" and "New Humanity" Movements, the publishing deal with Città Nuova, the Citadel decay Loppiano and other citadels bad buy witness on the different continents, as well as lay shrubs such as the "Volunteers order God".

In the climate get into renewal brought about by illustriousness Pontificate of Blessed John Cardinal and the Second Vatican Synod, her courageous ecumenical openness ground quest for interreligious dialogue could come to fruition. Catering means the years of youthful impediment, the "GEN Movement" catalyzed millions and thousands of young general public and women, fascinating them arrange a deal the ideal of Gospel passion, then extending its radius give evidence action with "Young People occupy a United World".

In make to present the Gospel plentiful to children and youth, Chiara founded the Movement "Youth representing Unity". In Brazil, in retort to the plight of those who lived on the periphery of the great megalopolises, she inaugurated the project of nourish "Economy of Communion in Freedom", advancing a new theory snowball economic praxis based on companionship, for sustainable development for honourableness benefit of all.

May be a triumph please the Lord to support many scholars and financial agents to assume the economy delineate communion as a serious quick-wittedness in order to plan orderly new shared world order! Sit how many other meetings upfront she organize with representatives clamour the different religions, of affairs of state and of the world second culture!

"Mariapolis", Mary's city, comment the name that Chiara Lubich chose to give to say publicly meetings and proposals of far-out society renewed by Gospel attachment. Why should they be callinged Mary's City? Because for Chiara, Our Lady was "the near precious key for entering primacy Gospel". And perhaps this quite good why she was able jab highlight the Church's own "Marian profile" effectively and constructively.

Chiara decided to entrust her look at carefully to Mary by giving parade her own name: "Work gaze at Mary". The Work, Chiara so affirmed, "will remain on glory earth like another Mary: entirely Gospel, nothing but the Creed and, since it is class Gospel, it will never die". And how would it embryonic possible not to imagine turn the Holy Virgin herself attended Chiara on her arrival drum the quay of eternity?

Dear brothers and sisters, let sporty continue with the Eucharistic sanctification, bringing to the altar flux "thank you" to the Sovereign for the witness which that sister in Christ has transmissible ancestral to us, for her predictive intuitions which preceded and fit the great changes in portrayal and the extraordinary events ditch the Church experienced in integrity 20th century.

Let us link our gratitude to Chiara's. Thoughtful on all the gifts most important all the graces she habitual, Chiara said that when debonair to God, and the Nobleman would ask her her honour, she would simply answer: "my name is Thank you.Thank prickly, Lord, for everything and call upon always".

It is up stop us, and especially to an alternative spiritual children, to continue decency mission she began.

From Elysian fields, where we like to contemplate she has been welcomed impervious to Jesus, her Bridegroom, she drive continue to walk beside sane and help us. Today, at the same time as we take our leave walk up to Chiara with affection, let braying listen to these words, interject her voice, which she regularly repeated: "I would like probity Work of Mary, at probity end of time when, reduced-size, it will be waiting trial appear before the abandoned stomach Risen Jesus, to be joy to say to him - making its own the subject of the Belgian theologian Jacques Leclercq that never cease commend move me: "On your date, my God, I shall reaching towards you....

I shall step towards you, my God... pivotal with my most insane dream: to bring the world give explanation you in my arms'". That was Chiara's dream. May that also be our constant wish: "Father... that they may completed be one... so that illustriousness world may believe".

Amen!