| Gratitude | 132 | 
| Thoughts: Heaven on earth | 133 | 
| Mary, the Flower of Humanity | 135 | 
| As a heavenly plane sloping | 135 | 
| “Explanation” of God | 136 | 
| My soul magnifies the Lord | 137 | 
| How beautiful the Mother | 137 | 
| Two hearts of flesh, clothed in virginity | 138 | 
| Thoughts: The Desolate | 139 | 
| I have only one mother on earth | 139 | 
| Because I want to see her again in you | 140 | 
| The All-Beautiful | 141 | 
| The Holy Spirit, the Unknown God | 143 | 
| Mary and the Holy Spirit | 143 | 
| You sanctify | 144 | 
| Often love is not love | 144 | 
| Thoughts: The inner Master | 146 | 
| The abyss inside me | 147 | 
| Thoughts: With Mary | 147 | 
| Like an empty chalice | 148 | 
| Living Life | 150 | 
| Life | 150 | 
| Whatever happened to boredom? | 151 | 
| The light of a candle in the sun | 152 | 
| If a soul gives itself to God sincerely | 153 | 
| You are everything, I am nothing | 154 | 
| What really matters | 154 | 
| But you not pass | 155 | 
| The Final Hour | 157 | 
| Still more beautiful | 157 | 
| Thoughts of gold | 158 | 
| Stars alight in heaven eternally | 159 | 
| Death which is the beginning of Life | 161 | 
| Toward our homeland | 161 | 
| A love that continues | 164 | 
| Thoughts: The rehearsal | 164 | 
| Part Three: Reflections of Light upon the World |  | 
| Basic notions of the charism of unity and their practical applications in the Church and the world |  | 
| The Attraction of Modem Times | 169 | 
| Alongside others | 169 | 
| “Have faith, I have conquered the world” | 169 | 
| Invasion of love | 171 | 
| We have a great responsibility | 172 | 
| The resurrection of Rome | 173 | 
| Like a rainbow | 177 | 
| The Family: Treasure Chest of Love | 179 | 
| A living cell | 179 | 
| Family and Love | 180 | 
| As in the family, so in society | 183 | 
| The family is our future | 185 | 
| The Talents and Gifts of Women | 195 | 
| In the School of Jesus: Philosophy and Theology | 201 | 
| The charism of unity and theology | 204 | 
| The charism of unity and philosophy | 209 | 
| Persons in Communion | 215 | 
| Jesus the teacher | 215 | 
| The charism of unity and education | 219 | 
| Every life calls for love | 224 | 
| The charism of unity and psychology | 225 | 
| The Charism of Unity and Politics | 230 | 
| People of God | 230 | 
| Mary, bond of unity among nations | 231 | 
| Divine diplomacy | 233 | 
| More wisdom in government | 235 | 
| Reflections: Universal brotherhood | 235 | 
| The Movement for Unity in Politics | 236 | 
| A united Europe for a united world | 247 | 
| Politics based on communion | 257 | 
| For an interdependence based on fraternity | 264 | 
| The Charism of Unity and Economy | 269 | 
| The “Magna Carta” | 269 | 
| Underdeveloped Christians | 269 | 
| The heavens protest | 273 | 
| Toward an Economy of Communion | 274 | 
| Fundamental concepts of the Economy of Communion | 278 | 
| What kind of work is done by the Economy of Communion? | 286 | 
| The Charism of Unity and the Media | 290 | 
| Communication and unity | 290 | 
| Mary and communication | 298 | 
| The Charism of Unity and the Arts |  | 
| The Madonna of Michelangelo | 304 | 
| Art, “a new creation” | 306 | 
| The Beautiful | 307 | 
| God who is beauty, and the Focolare Movement | 307 | 
| Artistic vocation — a talent for unity | 317 | 
| 360° Dialogue | 320 | 
| With Movements and various charisms within the Catholic Church | 320 | 
| With other Christians | 325 | 
| With our elder brothers | 333 | 
| With the world religions | 337 | 
| The Focolare Movement’s experience of interreligious dialogue | 344 | 
| With Muslims | 348 | 
| With people of convictions not based in religion | 354 | 
| On reasons to share our lives | 358 | 
| To the Youth | 360 | 
| A united world: an ideal that becomes history | 360 | 
| To the children | 366 | 
| Epilogue | 369 | 
| The vineyard of Jesus forsaken | 369 | 
| The secret | 369 | 
| Simply “Thank you”! | 370 | 
| Bibliography | 371 | 
| Significant Dates and Events | 383 | 
| The Focolare Movement | 395 | 
| Notes | 401 | 
| Index | 413 |