Sometimes we get so busy with all the other Christmas preparations that we tend to forget the reason for the season. That's why, in this Year of Faith, we propose a project for the entire family: The Cube of Love Advent Calendar.

"May the journey we shall be making this year enable us all to grow in faith, in love of Christ, so that in our daily decisions and actions we may learn to live the good and beautiful life of the Gospel."

(Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, Saint Peter's Square, 17 October 2012 – Introduction: The Year of Faith)

« Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. »

Matthew 25:13

 Children WOL November 2011 (274.97 kB)

« Follow Me »

Matthew 9:9

 Teens4Unity October 2011 Word of Life (542.05 kB)

On January 1st, the World Day of Peace, we offer a synthesis of a talk given by Chiara Lubich in 1997 for a Symposium at the United Nations in New York.

"...our Movement, aims at bringing peace into the world. (...) As it seeks to build unity among individuals, among groups and among nations; as it dreams of a future in which the world will be truly united, it is a force for peace in the world.

“The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common.” (Acts 4:32)

« The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common »

Acts 4:32

Children January 2011 Word of Life (164.3 kB)

« The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common »

Acts 4:32

Teens4Unity January 2011 Word of Life (508.91 kB)

Reflection by Chiara Lubich

"In living out this phrase of the Gospel, we can have the presence of Jesus in our midst: not the presence of a particular virtue, but of a person. We do not see Him with our eyes, but he is present and knows our every thought, every beat of our heart, every response of our soul. He is present..."

>>Read more (from the Chiara Lubich Center website)

« Nothing is impossible for God »

Luke 1:37

Children December 2010 Word of Life (196.94 kB)

« Nothing is impossible for God »

Luke 1:37

Teens4Unity December 2010 Word of Life (176.64 kB)

“Nothing will be impossible for God.” (Lk 1:37)

Reflection by Chiara Lubich

"Jesus did not come on earth solely to prepare us for Eternal Life. Certainly, this was his main mission. He was also concerned with the earthly life of men and women...

...He wants us to renounce all that is not right, that is not good, that is not lawful, that is not correct, that is not pure…."

 

>> Read more (from the Chiara Lubich Center website)

« Blessed are the pure of heart, for they will see God.»

Matthew 5:8

Teens4Unity November 2010 Word of Life (438.73 kB)

“Blessed are the pure of heart, for they will see God.”

(Mt 5:8)

Reflection by Chiara Lubich

"You have chosen God as the Ideal of your life, and hundreds of thousands of people the world over have discovered and chosen Him with you, in contrast to the current deep spiritual crisis. What makes this ideal of God so fascinating?"

 

>> Read more (from the Chiara Lubich Center website)

« Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.»

Luke 1:45

Children October 2010 Word of Life (123.27 kB)

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”Mt 22:39

« I say to you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.»

Mt 18:22

Children September 2010 Word of Life (138.07 kB)

"I say to you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."

(Mt 18:22)

 

“Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”

(Lk 1:45)