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Half measures and compromises weaken our Gospel witness. Chiara urges us to live coherently, with decision and endurance, faithful to Jesus until the end.

Maging Tapat at Buo

Kung naranasan natin ang bago at maganda sa pamumuhay ayon sa Ebanghelyo, makikita natin na wala nang higit na salungat dito kaysa sa pagiging walang pasya, katamaran sa buhay-espirituwal, kakulangan sa pagiging bukas-palad, mga kompromiso at hindi buong pagsisikap. Magpasya tayong sundan si Jesus at pumasok sa kahanga-hangang mundo na binubuksan Niya para sa atin. Ipinangako Niya na ang magtitiis hanggang wakas ay maliligtas.

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Be Coherent

If we have experienced the novelty and beauty of living the Gospel, we will see that nothing is more contrary to it than indecision, spiritual laziness, lack of generosity, compromises and half measures. Let us decide to follow Jesus and to enter into the wonderful world He opens up to us. He promised that the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Chiara Lubich

Word of Life • June 2004

Is it Really Hard to Live Like John Today?

John the Baptist didn’t live for comfort or applause—he lived for truth. His story reminds us that speaking out, staying simple, and pointing to something greater than ourselves comes with sacrifice. This is the challenge we remember every August 29, the Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist.

The Passion of Saint John the Baptist

John the Baptist didn’t live for comfort. He didn’t live for applause. He lived for truth. And that’s what cost him everything.

He spoke when it was safer to stay quiet. He called out wrong even when it came from a king. He chose simplicity when the world chased luxury. And he kept pointing away from himself—reminding everyone that he was just the voice, not the light.

To live like John today doesn’t mean eating locusts or wearing camel hair. It means daring to be honest when lying feels easier. It means staying grounded when everyone else is flexing. It means helping others shine even if you fade into the background.

And yes—it means sacrifice. Maybe not a prison cell or a blade to the neck. But you might lose friends. You might lose chances. You might lose comfort.

Is it really hard to live like John today? Or is it only hard because truth has never been popular? That’s the challenge we remember every August 29—the Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist.

Live the truth.

𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎
𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚛.𝚌𝚘𝚖