This is the great attraction
of modern times;
to penetrate to the highest contemplation
while mingling with everyone,
one person alongside others.
of modern times;
to penetrate to the highest contemplation
while mingling with everyone,
one person alongside others.
I would say
even more:
to lose
oneself in the crowd
in order to fill it with the divine,
like a piece of bread
dipped in wine.
in order to fill it with the divine,
like a piece of bread
dipped in wine.
I would say even more:
made sharers
of God’s plans
for humanity,
to embroider patterns of light on the crowd,
for humanity,
to embroider patterns of light on the crowd,
and at the
same time to share with our neighbour
shame, hunger, troubles, brief joys.
shame, hunger, troubles, brief joys.
Because the attraction
of our
times, as of all times,
is the highest conceivable expression
of the human and the divine,
Jesus and Mary:
the Word of God, a carpenter’s son;
the Seat of Wisdom, a mother at home."
is the highest conceivable expression
of the human and the divine,
Jesus and Mary:
the Word of God, a carpenter’s son;
the Seat of Wisdom, a mother at home."
Chiara Lubich (Meditations)
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