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" A child deserves to be born of that love, and not by any other means, for “he or she is not something owed to one, but is a gift”, which is “the fruit of the specific act of the conjugal love of the parents”. This is the case because, “according to the order of creation, conjugal love between a man and a woman, and the transmission of life are ordered to each other (cf. Gen 1:27-28). Thus the Creator made man and woman share in the work of his creation and, at the same time, made them instruments of his love, entrusting to them the responsibility for the future of mankind, through the transmission of human life”. "
― Pope Francis , Amoris Laetitia: Apostolic Exhortation on the Family
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" Esta noche, nuestra oración no puede ser diferente. Pues, como recordaba el Metropolita Ignacio IV Hazim, sin el Espíritu Santo Dios resulta lejano, Cristo permanece en el pasado, la Iglesia se convierte en una simple organización, la autoridad se transforma en dominio, la misión en propaganda, el culto en evocación y el actuar de los cristianos en una moral de esclavos (cf. Discurso en la Conferencia Ecuménica de Uppsala, 1968). "
― Pope Francis , Amoris Laetitia: Apostolic Exhortation on the Family
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" 193. The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. A mentality that can only say, “Then was then, now is now”, is ultimately immature. Knowing and judging past events is the only way to build a meaningful future. Memory is necessary for growth: “Recall the former days” (Heb 10:32). Listening to the elderly tell their stories is good for children and young people; it makes them feel connected to the living history of their families, their neighborhoods and their country. A family that fails to respect and cherish its grandparents, who are its living memory, is already in decline, whereas a family that remembers has a future. “A society that has no room for the elderly or discards them because they create problems, has a deadly virus”;43 “it is torn from its roots”.44 Our contemporary experience of being orphans as a result of cultural discontinuity, uprootedness and the collapse of the certainties that shape our lives, challenges us to make our families places where children can sink roots in the rich soil of a collective history. "
― Pope Francis , Amoris Laetitia: Apostolic Exhortation on the Family
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" «El amor es paciente, es servicial; el amor no tiene envidia, no hace alarde, no es arrogante, no obra con dureza, no busca su propio interés, no se irrita, no lleva cuentas del mal, no se alegra de la injusticia, sino que goza con la verdad. Todo lo disculpa, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta» "
― Pope Francis , Amoris Laetitia: Apostolic Exhortation on the Family
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" no cultivamos la paciencia, siempre tendremos excusas para responder con ira, y finalmente nos convertiremos en personas que no saben convivir, antisociales, incapaces de postergar los impulsos, y la familia se volverá un campo de batalla. Por eso, la Palabra de Dios nos exhorta: «Desterrad de vosotros la amargura, la ira, los enfados e insultos y toda la maldad» (Ef 4,31). "
― Pope Francis , Amoris Laetitia: Apostolic Exhortation on the Family
