Intervention of Founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae at the Synod of the Bishops

Rome, Oct 14. This morning, during the Fourteenth General Congregation of the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of the Bishops, held at the Vatican, L.F. Figari, Founder and Superior General of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, intervened as an Auditor to the Synod 
appointed by the Holy Father. The following is the summary of his intervention, as published by the Holy See Press Office:

In Ecclesiam suam, Pope Paul VI pointed out the communicating dimension of the divine Revelation. This same aspect is expressed in that beautiful passage of Exodus in which we are told that “the Lord was talking with Moses face to face, like with a friend”. Having  reached the fullness of times, God pronounced His Word, which was with God since the beginning and that is God, and became flesh in the Immaculate Virgin Mary by means of the Holy Spirit.

The incarnated Eternal Word speaks a human language and manifests the mystery of God and his Plan as the mystery of the human being, the greatness of his vocation and the horizon of his personal realization.

The Word of God written by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, addresses questions to the depths of the human being and invites him to the inspiring and indescribable encounter with Jesus the Lord.

Fundamental to this path is mastering an active silence that involves not only hearing but acting upon it in Ecclesia, which will open the heart to interiorization and following the Word of God. The listened and embraced Word inspires faith of the intellect in us, transforming our criteria into “the mind of Christ”, to awaken faith in the heart so that “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus”; and promotes faith in action, conscious that those who “listen to the 
Word, put it into practice” are blessed.

The Virgin Mary is the model of listening and the response to the Word of God.