00:00I want to share with you five brief thoughts about family.
00:07At this moment in our country and in the world, marriage and family are under discussion.
00:14If we want to support it and live it to the full, we must see the beauty of this sacrament.
00:23the beauty of the family experience.
00:25Today the church asks you to listen, to discern, and above all to love marriage and family.
00:55The last pontiffs of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict and now Pope Francis,
01:08They have pointed out two characteristics of our society: fear and sadness.
01:16We humans are overwhelmed by fear of the future.
01:22We don't know what to do.
01:24Every event surprises us.
01:26But people also live sad lives.
01:31He finds no reasons for joy, he finds no reasons to live, he finds no meaning in life.
01:40That is why Pope Francis has called on the whole church to discover and value the joy of belonging to a family.
01:50When the Lord founded the first family, He did so to make it a space of joy, mutual support, love, and common life.
02:02Today, it is necessary for spouses to show the world the joy of their love, the joy of belonging to their family, the joy of the Gospel.
02:16Because the family is also Gospel, that is, good news for the world.
02:23You can be happy, you can find joy, you can overcome fears, but always together.
02:33Because it is not good for anyone to be alone.
02:37God has called us to be part of a family, to form a family, and to live in a family.
02:45Joy is the note that characterizes the true family, the family of God and your family.
03:15Thank you.
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03:19Thank you.
