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Dear Brothers and Sisters, 
 
There are special circumstances that help you look back and find many reasons to be thankful. That is what happened to me this Sunday when I heard the words of Jesus claiming this project of fidelity and love lived between spouses, from which I feel a great beneficiary. It is a gift for me that in this context we are living this day of my installation as parish priest of this beloved parish of St Bede St Denis. 
 
I could not understand myself and what I am without those parents who transmitted values to me without long speeches, who gave me life lessons from small details, who taught me to value things and to live attentive to each other, sometimes, to the point of exaggeration. 
 
The love lived in family is a treasure that we have to take care of and put all our heart into it. Because it is in the 
simple details of each day, where that love that is patient and kind, that does not envy, that excuses everything, 
hopes for everything, endures everything, is continually renewed. However, it is true that today, the family is in a 
major vocational crisis. The issue is not so much that the family project does not go well and there are breakups and disenchantments: the issue is, above all, that for many young people the project itself has ceased to have value 
and is no longer considered a true treasure. 
 
Building a family is not the priority focus of interest, because people live for other things: personal autonomy, 
professional development, guaranteeing spaces for leisure, the freedom to live without ties or stable commitments. This is the atmosphere that we are all breathing and that is why, today more than ever, we are called to cherish that treasure that is love lived in the family in the different stages of life and to overcome together the difficulties that we experience in this complex society, so focused on consumption and business, and so careless with the time 
and care that people need. 
 
It is true that a project like this, which begins between two people, can go wrong or not reach the goal that was 
dreamed of; For this reason, Jesus continues to invite us to live the ideal in fidelity to love and forgiveness. To heal 
wounds, to show affection, to renew our commitment and, in this way, in a society with plural options and lifestyles, to bear witness as Christians that it is worth continuing to build and believe in the family. Happy Sunday! 

 

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