Vatican City, Dec. 28 (LaPresse) – “As we look with wonder and gratitude at this mystery, we think of our families, and the light that can also come from them to the society in which we live. Unfortunately, the world always has its ‘Herods,’ its myths of success at any cost, of unscrupulous power, of empty and superficial well-being, and often pays the consequences in solitude, despair, divisions, and conflicts. Let us not allow these mirages to suffocate the flame of love in Christian families. On the contrary, let us safeguard in them the values of the Gospel: prayer, frequent reception of the sacraments – especially Confession and Communion – healthy affections, sincere dialogue, faithfulness, the simple and beautiful concreteness of words and good deeds every day.” This is what Pope Leo XIV said in the Angelus, then citing Francis, recalling that “this will make them a light of hope for the environments in which we live, a school of love, and an instrument of salvation in the hands of God.”
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