"....And there God created the world. There God made this marvel in which
we live and, since we’re a little mixed up, we are destroying it. But
the most beautiful thing that God made, the Bible says, was the family.
He created man and woman, and He gave them everything. He gave them the
world! Grow, multiply, cultivate the earth, make it produce, make it
grow. He presented to a family all of the love that He made in this
marvelous creation.
"Let’s go back a bit. All of the love that God has in Himself, all of
the beauty that God has in Himself, all of the truth that God has in
Himself, He gives to the family. And a family is truly a family when it
is able to open its arms and receive all of this love....
"When the man and his wife made the mistake and
distanced themselves from God, God did not leave them alone. There was
so much love, so much love that He began to walk with humanity. He began
to walk with His people, until the fullness of time arrived, and He
gave the greatest sign of His love, His Son.
"And His Son, where did He send Him? To a palace? To a city, to start a
business? He sent Him to a family! God came into the world in a family.
"And He was able to do this because this family was a family that had
its heart open to love, that had the doors open to love. Let’s think of
Mary, this young woman. She couldn’t believe it. 'How can this be?' And
when it was explained to her, she obeyed. Let’s think of Joseph, full of
dreams to form a household. He finds himself with this surprise that he
doesn’t understand. He accepts. He obeys. And in the obedience of love
of this woman, Mary, and of this man, Joseph, a family is created into
which comes God.
"God always knocks at the door of hearts. He likes to do this. It
comes from His heart. But, do you know what He likes best? To knock on
the doors of families and find families that are united, to find
families that love each other, to find the families that bring up their
children and educate them and help them to keep going forward and that
create a society of goodness, of truth, and of beauty.
"We are in the Festival of Families. The family has a divine passport,
is that clear? The passport that a family has is issued it by God, so
that within its heart, truth, love, and beauty would grow more and
more....
"in families, there is always, always, the cross. Always. Because the
love of God, of the Son of God, also opened for us this path. But, in
families as well, after the cross, there is the resurrection. Because
the Son of God opened for us this path. Because of this, the family is —
forgive the term I’ll use — it is a factory of hope, of hope of life
and of resurrection. God was the one who opened this path.
"And the children. The children make us work. We, too, as sons and daughters also created work.
"Sometimes, at home, I see some of my collaborators who come into work
with dark circles under their eyes. They have a baby who is a month
old, or two moths old, and I ask them, 'You didn’t sleep?' 'Oh no, he
cried all night long.' In families, there are difficulties, but these
difficulties are overcome with love. Hate doesn’t overcome any
difficulty. Division of hearts doesn’t overcome any difficulty. Only
love is capable of overcoming difficulties. Love is a festival. Love is
joy. Love is to keep moving forward....
"I would like to stress two points regarding the family which I
would like you to pay special attention to. Not only would I like you to
do this, but we must pay special attention to this: the children and
the grandparents. Children and young people are the future, they are the
strength, those who take us forward. They are the ones in which we
place our hope. Grandparents are the memory of a family, they are the
ones who gave us the faith, transmitted to us the faith.
"To take care of the grandparents and to take care of the children is
the sign of love — I don’t know if it’s the greatest but I would say the
most promising [sign of love] of the family, because it promises the
future. A people that does not know how to care for the children and a
people that does not know how to care for the grandparents is a people
without a future, because it doesn’t have strength and it doesn’t have
the memory that will carry it forward.
"And well, the family is beautiful, but it is costly. It brings
problems. In the family, sometimes there is enmity. The husband fights
with the wife or they give each other dirty looks, or the children with
the parents … I advise one thing: Never end the day without making peace
in the family. In a family, a day cannot end at war.
"May God bless you. May God give you strength. May God strengthen you
to keep moving forward. Let us care for the family. Let us defend the
family, because there, there, our future is in play. Thank you, may God
bless you and pray for me, please."
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