{"id":330972,"date":"2020-04-09T15:20:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.flars.net\/being-together-online-a-virtual-yet-real-network\/"},"modified":"2020-04-09T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:20:25","slug":"being-together-online-a-virtual-yet-real-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/being-together-online-a-virtual-yet-real-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Together Online \u2013 a virtual, yet real, network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Covid-19 is spreading with supersonic speed. And the end of the pandemic is nowhere to be seen. Families, workplaces, communities, churches and cities are passing through a difficult moment. Many are experiencing sufferings, uncertainties and isolation.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Be not afraid\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe appeal to take an interior break has hit the mark. God has taken feasibility away from our hands. He is calling us to undergo a conversion, to do penance, fast and pray. On the other hand, in these last weeks we became more aware of the importance of cohesion and inter-personal relationships! As a result of the spreading of the coronavirus the world is experiencing a flow of life and creativity that bears an only message: Courage \u2013 I\u2019m by your side \u2013 Be not afraid \u2013 Together we shall overcome!<\/p>\n

Reacting<\/strong><\/span>
\nOn March 28, Together for Europe<\/em> started a prayer journey that intends moving us closer to God and to help us deepen our unanimous \u2018I Believe\u2019 with reference to Europe. Moreover, how can we use this special time to become more mature and more aware of the gifts that God donated to the Movements to be shared with the others?\u00a0 The Movements and the Communities were given their charism to be equipped to respond to society\u2019s challenges in Europe and for Europe.<\/p>\n

A \u2018social\u2019 Christian conscience<\/strong><\/span>
\nBack in 2004, in Stuttgart, Chiara Lubich\u2019s words were quite encouraging: \u201cJesus underlined to the highest degree his commandment: \u2018Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another\u2019 (Jn 13, 34). He called this commandment \u2018new\u2019 and \u2018his\u2019. This commandment of mutual love is not addressed only to individuals, but also to Movements, cities, regions and Countries. The present time demands that the disciples of Jesus acquire a \u2018social\u2019 Christian conscience. And, more than ever before, they are urgently called to love the others\u2019 Country, or rather life, as their own\u201d.<\/p>\n

Moving online toward May 9<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Friends of Together for Europe<\/em> are making the most of these extraordinary circumstances by keeping in touch online so that they may be able to journey together and to offer the fruits of their charisms to Europe. They are sharing info regarding events as well as lived-out experiences in their cities in preparation of May 9 (see for example the Graz\/Austria event >><\/a>)<\/p>\n

In this way, we will celebrate an \u2018extended\u2019 May 9, the Feast of Europe. It will be a way of staying together for Europe in a virtual network, but one that is incredibly real.<\/p>\n

The International Secretariat of Together for Europe<\/em><\/p>\n

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