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[Mundo Cristiano, Madrid 1977]

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            Lo que me propongo en esta ocasión es enlazar ciertas ideas fundamentales del Papa Juan Pablo II sobre matrimonio y familia, con enseñanzas del Beato Josemaría Escrivá que tocan los mismos temas. La intención es abrir horizontes, más que explorarlos a fondo.

[The following homily was given during the closing Mass of the Second Panamerican Conference on Family and Education in Toronto, May 30, 1996. It is based on 1 Peter 2:9; Mark 10:46.]

            The family is both fruit and school of love. It begins in the self-donation of the spouses who chose each other as husband and wife. It comes into proper being as their marital union gives birth to their children. It is the natural setting in which the most important lesson of life - to love and grow in love - is learned.

School of love