A
live Internet link up with the members of the Focolare Movement around the
world concludes the Assembly of the Focolare. Contemplate, go out, educate - keywords with which to set out
again.
On
28 September, at 12.30 a direct Internet link-up marked the conclusion of the
work of the General Assembly of the Focolare. Everyone sets out with a
commitment to live as “world men and women,” a phrase first
used by Chiara Lubich and recalled by Pope Francis during the audience on 26 September:
“Men
and women with the soul, the heart and the mind of Jesus and because of this
able to recognize and interpret the needs, concerns and hopes that dwell in the
heart of every man and woman.” The exchange during the audience with
the Christians of various Churches and people of no religious convictions
present had been warm and open.
His
message to the Focolare found great resonance in the 494 representatives of 137
countries: and indeed in clear consonance with the conclusions to which the
2014 General Assembly had arrived after three weeks of intense work – beginning
with more than 3000 proposals coming from around the world – and summarized in
the guidelines that will direct the work of the Movement over the next six
years.
The
focus of Francis’ speech was concentrated on three words: contemplate (“immersed in the
crowd, shoulder to shoulder,” quoting a thought of Chiara Lubich), go out and
educate, accompanied by a strong call to generosity, creativity and the art of
dialogue, “that cannot be learned cheaply.”
And
there are also three words contained in the title of the guidelines issued by
the Assembly: go out, together, properly prepared. These guidelines, which
also have the specific aim of the Focolare in its title “That all may be one”,
will be applied by the Focolare community spread throughout the world,
according to the practical needs and the specific requirements of each
geographical region.
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