That Baby's dream

If God came down from heaven for us,
there is no doubt that he loves us.

And if someone loves us, if God himself loves us,
everything on this earth is easier for us,
everything makes more sense:

behind the obscure passages of our existence
we can read the loving hand of God;

the reasons may often be unknown to us,
but they are reasons of love.

Chiara Lubich

Christmas Joy, New City Press, 1998, p23

Because I want to see her again in you

I went into church one day,
and with my heart full of trust, I asked:
"Why did you wish to remain on earth,
on every point of the earth,
in the most sweet Eucharist,
and you, you who are God,
have not found
also a way to bring here and to leave here
Mary, the mother of all of us who journey?"

In the silence he seemed to reply:
"I have not left her because I want to see her in you.
Even if you are not immaculate, my love will virginize you,
and you, all of you,
will open your arms and hearts as mothers of humanity,
which, as in times past, thirsts for God
and for his mother.
It is you who now must soothe pains,
soothe wounds, dry tears.
Sing her litanies
and strive to mirror yourself in them."

from the writings of Chiara Lubich