EBOOK
About
This book
collects a series of meditations given by Father Luigi Giussani, the founder of
the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation. It represents a concise and
illuminating synthesis of what Fr. Giussani wanted to communicate to young
people, whose needs and expectations he understood so well.
At the
heart of these reflections is the theme of vocation. Father Giussani reminds us
that the vocation of every baptized Christian echoes the calling of the
apostles: it is not something that ultimately depends on us, nor does it
require particular conditions. Rather, it comes about through the encounter
with an exceptional presence within a concrete place and time. In other words: the
temple, in time.
In
contrast to modern figures like Kafka, who once said that "There is a goal, but
no way," Father Giussani points us to the one who claimed to be "the way." The
method of discernment outlined in these pages has implications for every moment
of our lives. Nothing is useless-and everything reveals an ultimate positivity. A new morality arises in those who thus begin to follow God's method, as it did
for Simon Peter when, to Christ's question, he replied: "Yes, you know that I
love you." Thus all of life becomes the offering of every instant for the glory
of Christ, so that he may be recognized as having the capacity to save the
present moment.
collects a series of meditations given by Father Luigi Giussani, the founder of
the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation. It represents a concise and
illuminating synthesis of what Fr. Giussani wanted to communicate to young
people, whose needs and expectations he understood so well.
At the
heart of these reflections is the theme of vocation. Father Giussani reminds us
that the vocation of every baptized Christian echoes the calling of the
apostles: it is not something that ultimately depends on us, nor does it
require particular conditions. Rather, it comes about through the encounter
with an exceptional presence within a concrete place and time. In other words: the
temple, in time.
In
contrast to modern figures like Kafka, who once said that "There is a goal, but
no way," Father Giussani points us to the one who claimed to be "the way." The
method of discernment outlined in these pages has implications for every moment
of our lives. Nothing is useless-and everything reveals an ultimate positivity. A new morality arises in those who thus begin to follow God's method, as it did
for Simon Peter when, to Christ's question, he replied: "Yes, you know that I
love you." Thus all of life becomes the offering of every instant for the glory
of Christ, so that he may be recognized as having the capacity to save the
present moment.