7. now the war in Europe, to say nothing of the
other wars afflicting our human family.
8. I thank Cardinal Farrell, Cardinal De Donatis, the personnel of the
Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, as well as those of the
Diocese of Rome, whose dedication has made this meeting possible.
9. I would also like to thank the families present, who have come from
many parts of the world, …. - You have given voice to the experiences
of other families in the world that, like yourselves, are sharing
in the same joys and concerns, the same hardships and hopes.
10. Start from where you are and, from there, try to journey
together: together as couples, together in your families,
together with other families, together with the Church.
11. ! A Good Samaritan
that draws near to
you and helps you to
continue your journey
and to take a step
forward, however
small. Never forget
that closeness is
the “style” of God,
closeness and
tender love.
12. A step forward” towards marriage
Italians Serena Zangla and Luigi Franco told the pope about their three
children, their decision to baptize them even though they aren’t married –
“Despite our noblest human efforts, we are not sufficient unto ourselves”
13. Pope Francis told them - It is true: We can have the loveliest dreams,
the loftiest ideals, but, in the end, we also discover – and this is
wisdom – our own limitations, which we cannot overcome by ourselves
but by opening ourselves to the Father, to his love and to his grace.
That is the meaning of the sacraments of baptism and of matrimony:
14. We can say that whenever a man and a woman fall in
love, God offers them a gift; that gift is marriage. It is a
marvelous gift, which contains the power of God’s own
love: strong, enduring, faithful, ready to start over
after every failure or moment of weakness
15. Marriage is not a formality you go through. You don’t get married in
order to be “card-carrying” Catholics, to obey a rule, or because the
Church tells you to, or to have a party. … No, you get married because you
want to build your marriage on the love of Christ, which is solid as rock
16. In marriage, Christ gives himself to you, so that you can
find the strength to give yourselves to one another.
17. “A step forward” in embracing the Cross
Roberto and Maria Anselma Corbella, also from Italy, are the parents of Servant of
God, Chiara Corbella Petrillo, an Italian lay woman who chose the life of her unborn
child over her own when receiving treatment for cancer while she was pregnant.
18. Chiara: She married Enrico
in 2008. Their first two
children, who had been
diagnosed with mortally
dangerous birth defects, were
born and baptized “before
they went back to the
house of the Father.”
After the doctors confirmed
there was no genetic link to
the birth defects, they once
again “opened themselves to
life.” During the fourth month
of Chiara’s pregnancy with
Francesco – today 11 – she was
diagnosed with cancer. She
received treatment, including
undergoing surgery, but
postponed any treatment that
might threaten the life of her
unborn child. A year after
delivering a healthy boy,
she died,
19. ”Seeing how your daughter Chiara experienced the trial of her illness, helped
you to lift up your gaze, not to remain imprisoned in grief, but to be open to
something greater: the mysterious plans of God, to eternity, to heaven
20. Chiara wished
to preserve the
life of her child
at the cost of
her own life.
As a wife,
alongside her
husband, she
followed the way
of the Gospel of
the family,
simply and
spontaneously.
21. “A step forward” towards forgiveness
Paul and Germaine Balenza from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
spoke of a major crisis they experienced in their marriage: - they decided to save their
marriage, apologizing to their children in front of their families.
Pope Francis – “Deep within the heart of each person is the desire for love not to end, for the story
of a love experienced together not to be cut short, for the fruits of love not to be dispersed”
22. You began to talk to one another, to be open and sincere with each
other, to acknowledge your faults, to pray together with other couples,
and all those things brought you to reconciliation and forgiveness.
23. Brothers and sisters, forgiveness heals every wound. Forgiveness is a gift
welling up from the grace that Christ showers on couples and whole families
whenever we let him act, whenever we turn to him. It was wonderful that
you celebrated your own “feast of forgiveness” with your children and
renewed your marriage promises at the celebration of Mass.
25. “A step forward” towards acceptance - Italian Pietro and Erika
Chiriaco who, together with their six children, have welcomed the
mother and daughter (Iryna and Sofia) into their home.
26. The war brought you face to face with cynicism and human brutality, yet you also
encountered people of great humanity. People at their worst and people at their best! It
is important for all of us not to keep dwelling on the worst, but to maximize the best, the
great goodness of which every man and woman is capable, and from there to start over again.
27. Pietro and Erika Chiriaco - welcoming is a genuine
“charism” of families, and especially of large families! - families
with numerous children are “trained” to make room for others.
28. “The Lord illuminated our path, we got married, and faith has allowed us to be
open to life, transmitting our faith to our children,” he said. “To us, welcoming
Iryna and Sofia is out of gratefulness to God, since we can only give freely that
love we received from God and the church. Without the faith, we would not have
welcomed anyone. To welcome the stranger is to welcome Christ.”
29. “A step forward” towards fraternity
Zakia Seddiki, a
Muslim, whose
husband Luca, the
Italian ambassador
in the DRC, was
murdered 18
months ago. He
was killed on his
way to visit a UN
project to feed
children.
30. “We based our family on authentic love, with respect,
solidarity and dialogue between our cultures.”
31. In Zakia and Luca, we find the beauty of human love, passion for
life, altruism and fidelity to one’s own beliefs and religious
tradition, as a source of inspiration and interior strength.
32. When their daughters met the pope for the first time, she said, they thought he
was a doctor because he was wearing white. “The pope is a doctor, who heals
the souls of all Christians and all those who need comfort,” she told them.
33. Let yourselves be changed by Christ, so that you too can change the world
and make it “home” for all those who need to feel welcomed and accepted,
for all those who need to encounter Christ and to know that they are loved.
34. Blessed Maria
and Luigi Beltrame
Quattrocchi
used to say to
their children,
confronting the
efforts and joys of
life, “always
looking from the
roof upwards.”
35.
36.
37. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 21-5-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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38. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 13-3-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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