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Chiara Lubich's visit to the UK

Ecclesial Movements and the Marian Profile of the Church

Imagine a World Enriched by Diversity - by Chiara Lubich

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Word of Life Archive

2013

April - Beloved, do not grumble against one another. (James 5:9) audio fileaudio

March - Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. (John 8:7) audio fileaudio

February - We know that we have transferred from death to life, because we love the brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:14) audio fileaudio

January - Go and learn what this means, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice". (Mt 9:13)audio fileaudio


2012

December - But to all who receive him, he gave power to become children of God. (Jn 1:12)audio fileaudio

November - Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. (Jn 14:23)audio fileaudio

October - If you say so, I will let down the nets. (Lk 5:5)

September - Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. (Jn 4:13-14) audio fileaudio

August - Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. audio fileaudio

July - For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. (Mt 13:12)

June - Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you (Jn 6:27).

May - I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! (Lk 12:49)

April - You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.audio fileaudio

March - Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. (Jn 6:68) audio fileaudio

February - Repent, and believe in the gospel (Mk 1:15) audio fileaudio

January - If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (Col 3:1)audio fileaudio


2011

December - Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. (Lk 3:4)audio fileaudio

November - Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (Mt 25:13)audio fileaudio

October - Follow me (Mt 9:9)audio fileaudio

September - But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found. (Lk 15:32)audio fileaudio

August - See, I have come to do your will (Heb 10:9).audio fileaudio

July - Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak (Mt 26:41)audio fileaudio

June - Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God ? what is good and acceptable and perfect (Rm 12:2).audio fileaudio

May - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and all your mind (Mt 22:37). audio fileaudio

April - Not what I want, but what you want (Mk 14:36).audio fileaudio

March - Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your
word (Lk 1:38).
audio fileaudio

February - All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God (Rom 8:14). audio fileaudio

January - Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. (Acts 4:32) .audio fileaudio


2010

December - Nothing is impossible to God (Lk 1:37).audio fileaudio

November - Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Mt 5:8). audio fileaudio

October - You shall love your neighbour as yourself (Mt 22:39). audio file October audio

September - I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven (Mt 18:22).audio file Octoberaudio

August - And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her by the Lord (Luke 1:45).

July - The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it (Mt 13:46).

June - Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it (Mt 10:39).

May - Those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them. (Jn 14:21)

April - ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ (Jn 11:25)

March - For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. (Mt 17:20)

February - I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture (Jn 10: 9).

January -

2009

December - Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. (Mt 5:16)

November - It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God. (Mt 19: 24)

October - By standing firm you will win true life for yourselves. (Lk 21:19)

September - Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Mt 6:33)

August - Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

July - Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. (Luke 12:33)

June - I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit,
because apart from me you can do nothing.
(John 15:5)

May - Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. (1 Pt 4: 10)

April - Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming" (Mt 24:42).

March - If you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. (Jn 16:23)

February - Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. (Lk 14: 26)

January - There are many members, yet one body. (1 Cor 12:20)

2008

December 2008 - Not my will but yours be done. (Lk 22:42)

November 2008 - If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Lk 9:23)

October 2008 - Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. (Luke 6:38)

September 2008 - Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. (Luke 6: 27-28)

August 2008 - The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is sound, then your whole body is filled with light. (Luke 11: 34)

July 2008 - In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. (Mt 7:12)

June 2008 - All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. (1 John 3:24)

May 2008 - Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. (2 Cor. 3:17)

April 2008 - Integrity will bring peace, justice give lasting security (Isaiah 32:17)

March 2008 - My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work. (John 4:34)

February 2008 - Whoever practises and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 5:19)

January 2008 - Pray without ceasing. (1 Thess. 5:17)

December 2007 - Love is the fulfilling of the law. (Rom. 13:10)

November 2007 - What other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law…? (Deut 4:8)

October 2007 - Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. (2 Tim. 4: 2)

September 2007 - Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. (1 Tim. 6: 11)

August 2007 - Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus. (Heb 12: 1-2)

July 2007 - For you were called to freedom. (Gal. 5:13)

June 2007 - The Spirit of truth … will guide you into all the truth. (John 16: 13)

May 2007 - By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13: 35)

April 2007 - I am among you as one who serves. (Luke 22: 27)

March 2007 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. (Ps 126: 5)

February 2007 - Blessed are those who trust in the Lord. (Jer 17: 7)

January 2007
He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak (Mk 7: 37)

December 2006
Blessed are those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. (Ps 84: 5)

November 2006
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (Mt 5:6)

October 2006
Truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. (Mk 9: 41)

September 2006
Be doers of the word, and not merely hearers. (Jm 1: 22)

August 2006
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. (Eph 4: 32)

July 2006
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. (Ps 145: 18)

June 2006
Live by the Spirit… But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. (Gal 5:16,18)

May 2006
God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. (Ac 10: 34-35)

April 2006 -
Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (Jn 12:24)

March 2006
But those who do what is true come to the light. (Jn 3:21)

February 2006
… he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed. (Mk 1:35)

January 2006 -
Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them. (Mt 18: 20)

December 2005 -
Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight… a highway for our God! (Is 40:3)

November 2005
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (Mt 5:5).

October 2005
"Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s." (Mt 22: 21)

September 2005
"Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ (Phil1:27)"

August 2005
“You of little faith, why did you doubt?” (Mt 14:31)

July 2005
"The Lord upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down." (Ps 145: 14)

June 2005
"Follow me." (Mt 9:9)

May 2005
“As the Father has sent me, so I send you." (Jn 20:21)

April 2005
"I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." (Jn 10:10)

March 2005
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mt 27:46)