Jesus Forsaken

by Chiara Lubich, Hubertus Blaumeiser (Editor)

Overview

How could the Son of God feel forsaken, abandoned by the Father? How could the Father abandon the Son? This is the mystery that Chiara Lubich encountered at the age of twenty-four on January 24, 1944. Her discovery was disarming: "If at that moment he suffered the most, it means that at that moment he loved the most. Let's make him the Ideal of our lives! Let's go look for him and 'console' him wherever he is suffering -- in any suffering."

Chapter after chapter unfold a great love story, increasingly far-reaching. The result will be an invitation to us to respond also to the cry that bursts from within the God-Man and rises up globally from humankind. A cry that invokes love.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157079741
Publisher:	New City Press NY
Publication date:	11/18/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Chiara Lubich (1920-2008) was founder of the Focolare Movement (The Work of Mary). In the course of her life, she saw the spirituality of the Focolare – the spirituality of unity – grow around the world. She was awarded 15 honorary doctoral degrees, numerous civic awards, the Templeton Prize for Progress of Religion, and the UNESCO Peace Prize. She has published more than 50 books in 29 languages.

Hubertus Blaumeiser (1954), a Catholic priest, has worked closely with Chiara Lubich from 1995 to 2008. He represents the fields of ecclesiology and pastoral theology in the interdisciplinary studies center of the Focolare known as the "Abba School." He is director of the magazine Gen’s, a theological journal that treats current ecclesial and social issues. He is a member of the editorial board for the magazine New Humanity and Claritas Journal of Dialogue and Culture. From 2007 to 2014 he was head of the International Center of the Focolare diocesan priests. He received his doctorate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome) and taught there from 1993 to 2008.