At the time of her miraculous recovery from an illness that endangered her existence as a 20-year-old, she received not only the gift of life but the valuable insight into the direction to give it.
The healing restores not only life but life with meaning: a clear director of movement that involves service to the other and her growth in humanity, coming out of self is the most beautiful language to enjoy the mercy received and make it still operative in history with a decisive and joyful movement of restitution,mission is thus perceived and offered as praise, not as something to be done but as the surprising and stimulating expression of identity.
The healthy Christian self, reached and shaped like clay by the power of the spirit becomes the breath that sustains an action made of concrete and persevering help to the little ones to all those who for many reasons can be accompanied to assume the stature of Christ…
Just as in Baptism, in our Fmgb mission, we are simultaneously resurrected with Christ and sent by Him to proclaim His victory over death and to serve life, especially wounded, diminished, impoverished, life in need of growth.