Table of Contents
To the Readers xi
Foreword xiii
Introduction xv
The Spirituality of Unity in the Christian Vocation xv
The Spirituality of Unity in Contemporary Thought and Culture xxv
Editor's Preface xxix
Mysticism for the Third Millennium: Key texts of the spirituality of unity
The Beginnings 3
A New Way of Christian Living 12
Two Sides of the Same Coin 16
Our aim: "May they all be one" 16
The key: Jesus crucified and forsaken 19
A Spirituality of Communion 27
Look at All the Flowers 33
The Way of Unity 36
Mary in the Focolare Movement 38
A Legacy: Be a Family 48
And the Focolare Was Born 49
A New Look at Faith: The core facts of revelation and of the Christian life viewed in the light of the spirituality of unity
A God Who is Love 55
What is essential today 55
How I met you 56
God is within 57
Love the One who is Love 58
God our brother 59
God is powerful; he is the Omnipotent 60
No one ever showed such concern for humanity 61
Thoughts: Grant that I may love you 62
Live within 63
Thoughts: With the Almighty 63
You exist. This is how it is 65
Our "Yes" to God 66
Seeing with new eyes 66
The only good 69
Partnership 70
A sanctity of the people 71
A note of solemnity 74
With feet on the ground 74
Time is fast escaping me 75
Thoughts: Improve always 75
Not mine but yours be done 76
The Art of Loving 77
The little seed 77
Our brothers and sisters 78
The exam 79
As yourself 79
If your eye is simple 80
Enlarge our heart 81
Lord, give me all who are lonely 81
In love what counts is to love 82
Once we have known God 82
Love is what matters 83
Christians' attire 84
There are those who do things for love 84
When we have known suffering 85
Thoughts: Nothing is small if it is done out of love 86
Jesus Forsaken 88
There is no thorn without a rose 88
A paradoxical purpose 89
The cross 89
I have found you 91
The sun must set 92
The hour that awaits us 92
Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani 93
Lament 93
We would die 94
Where is the slavery? 94
"I know only Christ and Christ crucified" 95
Thoughts: The foolishness of love 96
The Dream of a God 98
Unity, a divine word 98
The words of a father 98
He wants to give us heaven 99
Love generates communion 100
When unity is complete 101
If we are united, Jesus is among us 102
Christ will be my cloister 102
If a city were set on fire 103
One city is not enough 105
Thoughts: Bend but never break 108
Church as Communion 110
A myriad of shining pearls 110
The Mother 111
Laity like us 112
Passion for the Church 112
Christ through the centuries 113
The lives of the saints 115
Launched to infinity 116
To become saints as Church 117
Thoughts: Like the angels 118
The Word that Gives Life 120
Nourished on the Word 120
The truth makes us free 120
The Golden Rule 121
A divine balance 123
Watch 125
If we were to live the beatitudes 125
They do not pass 126
Thoughts: To be re-evangelized 127
Jesus in the Eucharist 129
In the bosom of the Father 129
When you are offering your gift 130
His, and our Mass 130
Inconceivable 131
Gratitude 132
Thoughts: Heaven on earth 133
Mary, the Flower of Humanity 135
As a heavenly plane sloping 135
"Explanation" of God 136
My soul magnifies the Lord 137
How beautiful the Mother 137
Two hearts of flesh, clothed in virginity 138
Thoughts: The Desolate 139
I have only one mother on earth 139
Because I want to see her again in you 140
The All-Beautiful 141
The Holy Spirit, the Unknown God 143
Mary and the Holy Spirit 143
You sanctify 144
Often love is not love 144
Thoughts: The inner Master 146
The abyss inside me 147
Thoughts: With Mary 147
Like an empty chalice 148
Living Life 150
Life 150
Whatever happened to boredom? 151
The light of a candle in the sun 152
If a soul gives itself to God sincerely 153
You are everything, I am nothing 154
What really matters 154
But you not pass 155
The Final Hour 157
Still more beautiful 157
Thoughts of gold 158
Stars alight in heaven eternally 159
Death which is the beginning of Life 161
Toward our homeland 161
A love that continues 164
Thoughts: The rehearsal 164
Reflections of Light upon the World: Basic notions of the charism of unity and their practical applications in the Church and the world
The Attraction of Modern Times 169
Alongside others 169
"Have faith, I have conquered the world" 169
Invasion of love 171
We have a great responsibility 172
The resurrection of Rome 173
Like a rainbow 177
The Family: Treasure Chest of Love 179
A living cell 179
Family and Love 180
As in the family, so in society 183
The family is our future 185
The Talents and Gifts of Women 195
In the School of Jesus: Philosophy and Theology 201
The charism of unity and theology 204
The charism of unity and philosophy 209
Persons in Communion 215
Jesus the teacher 215
The charism of unity and education 219
Every life calls for love 224
The charism of unity and psychology 225
The Charism of Unity and Politics 230
People of God 230
Mary, bond of unity among nations 231
Divine diplomacy 233
More wisdom in government 235
Reflections: Universal brotherhood 235
The Movement for Unity in Politics 236
A united Europe for a united world 247
Politics based on communion 257
For an interdependence based on fraternity 264
The Charism of Unity and Economy 269
The "Magna Carta" 269
Underdeveloped Christians 269
The heavens protest 273
Toward an Economy of Communion 274
Fundamental concepts of the Economy of Communion 278
What kind of work is done by the Economy of Communion? 286
The Charism of Unity and the Media 290
Communication and unity 290
Mary and communication 298
The Charism of Unity and the Arts 304
The Madonna of Michelangelo 304
Art, "a new creation" 306
The Beautiful 307
God who is beauty, and the Focolare Movement 307
Artistic vocation - a talent for unity 317
360[degree] Dialogue 320
With Movements and various charisms within the Catholic Church 320
With other Christians 325
With our elder brothers 333
With the world religions 337
The Focolare Movement's experience of interreligious dialogue 344
With Muslims 348
With people of convictions not based in religion 354
On reasons to share our lives 358
To the Youth 360
A united world: an ideal that becomes history 360
To the children 366
Epilogue 369
The vineyard of Jesus forsaken 369
The secret 369
Simply "Thank you"! 370
Bibliography 371
Significant Dates and Events 383
The Focolare Movement 395
Notes 401
Index 413
