Children across the country and around the world learn the Gospel-based Art of Loving through the Cube of Love program Teresa, an eight-year-old child from Porto Alegre, Brazil, was preparing to take part in a school science exhibit. She was asked to choose from subjects like pollution, alcoholism or the environment, but she was not happy with any of them. So together with her classmate Valentina, they asked the teacher if they could choose a subject that portrayed positive values: the Art of Loving as a response to those problems. The Art of Loving is a life choice based on the Gospel and launched by Chiara Lubich. Some of its principles are: “Love everyone,” “Love the other as yourself” and “Be the first to love.” “This is the only way to make humanity one family,” said Chiara Lubich.
The teacher accepted their idea, and they prepared for the big day. More than 300 children presented their work, but Teresa’s and Valentina’s stand attracted the most visitors! To those who asked her what the Art of Loving had to do with science, Teresa replied forcefully that if people were to live it, there would be no more alcoholism, pollution and so on. Using a PowerPoint presentation, she showed through some experiences of life what the Art of Loving could do if lived. A visiting reporter was very impressed and wrote an article for the local paper that highlighted Teresa’s “alternative” proposal.
“I don’t believe in God, but in front of these children, I cannot not believe in love,” commented one of the fathers. And one of the mothers, with tears in her eyes said, “I am beginning to hope again in a better world!”
When the exhibition was over, the teacher asked Teresa and Valentina to present their work at a book fair. For one entire day, in a room prepared just for them, they presented their PowerPoint to all children aged four to eight in the school. They explained the Cube using the book “Discovering the Cube of Love,” a collection of experiences of Gen 4 from all over the world.
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