J’Accuse

Here you can follow Marco Guzzi’s speech J’Accuse – Against the Suicidal Oligarchies.
It was given on 18 October 2019 at the Event J’Accuse! No one is Innocent!, organized by Gustavo Cecchini in Misano Adriatico (Italy).
The dubbing has been provided by Luigi Lucioli.
Heartfelf congratulations to Gustavo Cecchini, because he is always capable of spotting the cultural hot topics of the moment and picking out the smartest speakers among the most prominent Italian scholars.
Thanks to his commitment and determination, these annual events at the Council Library are nourishing occasions which give food for thought to the hungry minds of a constantly growing audience.
Enjoy watching!

The Insurrection

Here you can follow Marco Guzzi’s speech Flowers Blooming in the Desert: from our Worldwide Incivility to the Nurturing of New Relationships.
It was given on 14 November 2014 at the Event The Passionate Sense of Community, organized by Gustavo Cecchini in Misano Adriatico (Italy).
The dubbing has been provided by Luigi Lucioli.
After the speech, you’ll be listening to Guzzi in conversation with the audience on the pedagogy of the new humanity, the essence of the conscience, the initiation and the new economy.
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Time To Begin Again

Globalization and the New Evangelization

Premise: Reopening ourselves to the joy of searching
and to faith as a search for joy

I think it is important to begin our reflection with an appropriate emotional tone, that is, with the right tone, which cannot be other than that of hope and joyous searching. In fact, in this tumultuous time, we want to reflect more deeply on our experience of faith simply because this experience fundamentally makes us happier. In other words, the spiritual experience is nothing other than the liberation and expansion in us of a Spirit who is a Spirit of joy, peace and the capacity to love (Ga. 5:22). Consequently, this experience offers us the most complete fulfillment of the human search for happiness. Only because of this does it draw and continue to draw and fascinate people. [Read more…]

Group structure

Certainly we can say that we all feel at the beginning of a new era founded on fidelity to the ancient heritage, that opens upon wonders of real spiritual progress” (John XXIII). [Read more…]

Method: integration of the culture, psychological knowledge of oneself and spirituality

It is crucial to know ourselves well, but I wouldn’t want to reassure you by this, not even if you arrived in the highest of heavens (…) But I believe that we’ll never know ourselves well, if we don’t try, all together, to know God” (Saint Therese of Jesus).

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Method: the basic principles

In a period of history in which many structures and life styles are falling into pieces while we are constantly left with nothing but our own personal resources and intuitions, the need of a spiritual direction is becoming more evident. From the idealistic point of view, anybody would benefit from a spiritual guide. However, it would be wrong to believe that there is only one spiritual guide. It is important to start thinking about an entire community or ministry where people help each other, practicing spiritual disciplines, living in a way that makes us sensible to the constant presence of God in our life” (Henry Nouwen). [Read more…]