MIPSS Inc.

23/09/2026

Cultivate your interior life

“Living the Word of God purifies us and sets us free because the Word is love. The fire of divine love purifies our intentions and the whole of our inner self. According to the Bible, the ‘heart’ is the deepest seat of our intelligence and our will.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, November 1999

22/09/2026

Love works miracles

“If the Word of God is lived, it works miracles. Our hearts are filled with a new, boundless confidence in the love of our Father, who intervenes every day to help his children. His Words are true; if we live them, he too puts them into practice. He gives us what he had promised: the hundredfold and fullness of life here on earth, and the never- ending joy of heaven.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, August 2003

22/09/2026

21/09/2026

Practice doing good

‘Whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.’ (Phil 3:7)

“This Word of Life speaks to us of the need for personal conversion and a profound change of mentality. It speaks to us of humility, simplicity and detachment from ourselves, above all, of doing good and giving witness to our faith. It speaks to us of abandoning habits, we hang on to and restore to our Christian life new energy and thrust so that the beauty of the Gospel can shine forth. It urges us to underscore what is essential and more universal in Jesus’ message, that is, listening to his Word and serving our neighbours.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, March 1986

20/09/2026

Peace starts within our hearts

“Just as every pruning produces new life in a plant, every time Christians give up something out of the love for Christ, they experience a burst of happiness. Let us make the decision to do away with everything that should not be in our hearts. If we do so, heaven will be ours in a few years and already now we will experience a deep sense of peace.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, September 1982

18/09/2026

Perseverance bears fruit

“Perseverance is necessary and indispensable when we suffer or are tempted, (…) If we want to follow Christ; we have to take up our cross every day. We have to embrace suffering, at least with our will. The Christian vocation is a vocation to endurance. Saint Paul the Apostle tells the community that his patient endurance is a sign that he is an authentic Christian. Moreover, he is not afraid to put perseverance on the same level as miracles. Thus, if someone loves the cross and patiently endures, they will be able to follow Christ who is in heaven and therefore be saved.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, June 1979

17/09/2026

Share the gifts we have received

“God does not pour out his gifts or direct his call to particular persons or groups, as if they had special rights or merits. Even less does he intend his gifts to become the privileged possession of one particular group or nation. The Lord’s call is pure grace, a total gift that has to be communicated to others, shared with the whole world.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, January 1986

16/09/2026

See you on Saturday!

16/09/2026

Let us experience forgiveness

Some people think that forgiveness is a sign of weakness. It is not. It is an expression of utmost courage, it is authentic love, the most genuine, because the most selfless. ‘If you love those who love you, what reward do you have?’ says Jesus, because anyone can do that. ‘But I say to you, love your enemies.’

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, September 2002

15/09/2026

Be the first to love

“Let us try to be the first to love each person we meet, or write to, or speak to on the phone, or with whom we live. In addition, let us be concrete in our love, trying to understand others and anticipate their needs, and being patient, trusting, persevering and generous. We will find that our spiritual life has taken a qualitative leap forward, not to mention the joy that will fill our hearts.”

Chiara Lubich, Servant of God
Word of Life, September 1990