We are called and we are sent 2/3: Responding to love
STEP 2
Responding to love
Objectives:
- to help the Gen discover that every call requires a response. God takes the initiative in calling us, and if we want it and if we accept it, he gives us all the help we need to answer his call;
- to discover how to do our part in responding to God's love.
Contents:
- our response when God calls us is to live like him, which means to love
- the secret in being able to respond to love is to always start over again, to live love in the present moment, loving one person at a time.
Chiara’s answers: [attachment 1 - Currently not available ]
"…Did you always want to be a focolarina?" (Riva del Garda (Italy), January 3, 1995, Chiara’s answer to the Gen 4: question n. 2)
“If a Gen4 wants to follow Jesus does she have to become a focolarina when she grows up, or can she follow him in other ways?” (Loppiano (Italy), May 5, 1989, Chiara to the citizens of Loppiano: question n. 1 )
“Hi Chiara, I’m Laura. How did you keep loving all the time?” (Castel Gandolfo (Italy), June 7, 1998, Chiara to the Gen 4 Congress: question n. 6)
“Dear Chiara, my name is Samuele and I want to ask you something: how do you manage to love everyone and always love Jesus?” ( Marino (Italy), April 9, 2000, Chiara to the community of the zone of Rome: question n. 12)
Sacred Scripture:
- To understand more in depth our response to his call, to understand how Jesus loved us so much that he wanted to remain with us after the Resurrection, and so he sent us the Holy Spirit, who makes us capable of loving and bringing his love to everyone, bearing witness to it with our mutual love, which is the life of heaven on earth.
-Episodes:
- Ascension and Pentecost: Jesus did not leave us alone [attachment 2]
- Like the first Christians: Love one another and share everything, like in a true family [attachment 3 in processing]