Focolare movement chiara lubich

On December 7, , the young teacher, Silvia Lubich, would never have imagined that a few decades later so many personalities from the civil and religious worlds – including four popes – would have spoken quite striking words about her and her spiritual family.

She didn’t have any idea what she would live and see during the 88 years of her life.

She didn’t have any idea that millions of people would follow her. She didn’t know that she would reach nations with her ideal.

Could she ever have thought that she would inaugurate a new season of communion in the Church and that she would open channels of ecumenical dialogue that had never before been used?

Much less could she have imagined that her spiritual family would welcome in the faithful of other religions and people without any religious affiliation.

Quite the contrary: She never thought of starting a movement.

On that 7th December Sylvia only had the sentiments of a beautiful young woman in love with her