Margarita Bavosi, Luminous (1941-1985), the daughter of Italian immigrants to Argentina, she discovered Chiara Lubich's spirituality of unity and chose to follow God in the Focolare Movement. After several years of intense commitment in Argentina and Uruguay, she arrived in Spain in 1971, where she lived through decisive years for the spread and development of the Focolare Movement in the Iberian Peninsula. She died at the age of 44, on March 7, 1985.

Her extraordinarily attractive personality and profound humanity, refined by the Gospel, which she embodied with simplicity and radicalism day after day, left a profound impression on many people. Today she remains a point of reference, not only for those who knew her personally, but also for those who have lived with her. acquaintance Through her writings, her biography, or the testimony of others. The relevance of her figure and the interest in her have motivated this new, revised and expanded edition, with the hope that God's work in her—to which she responded luminously—will serve as encouragement to all who approach these pages.