Message of Pope Francis

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Message of Pope Francis- Meeting withFamilies, SM MOA Arena2 2 N D J A N U A R 2 ! " # $ N O % O M M & N ' S $ " 2 # ( ) & * S

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Dear Families,

Dear Frien1s in %hrist,

) am gratef/l for 0o/r presence here this eening an1 for the witness of 0o/r

loe for Jes/s an1 his %h/rch3 ) than4 5ishop Re0es, %hairman of the 5ishops6%ommission on Famil0 an1 ife, for his wor1s of welcome on 0o/r 7ehalf3

An1, in a special wa0, ) than4 those who hae presente1 testimonies an1

hae share1 their life of faith with /s3 'he %h/rch in the Philippines is 7lesse1

70 the apostolate of n/mero/s famil0 moements an1 ) than4 them for their

witness8

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It is important to dream

'he Script/res sel1om spea4 of Saint Joseph, 7/t when the0 1o, we often 9n1

him resting, as an angel reeals +o16s will to him in his 1reams3 )n the

+ospel passage we hae :/st hear1, we 9n1 Joseph resting not once, 7/t

twice3 'his eening ) wo/l1 li4e to rest in the or1 with all of 0o/3 ) nee1 torest in the or1 with families, an1 to remem7er m0 own famil0; m0 father,

m0 mother, m0 gran1father, m0 gran1mother< 'o1a0 ) am resting with 0o/,

an1 together with 0o/ ) wo/l1 li4e to re=ect on the gift of the famil03

First, howeer, let me sa0 something a7o/t 1reams3 5/t m0 &nglish is so

poor8 )f 0o/ allow me, ) will as4 Monsignor Miles to translate an1 ) will spea4

in Spanish3

It is important to dream in the family. All mothers an1 fathers 1ream of

their sons an1 1a/ghters in the wom7 for > months3 'he0 1ream of how the0

will 7e3 )t isn6t possi7le to hae a famil0 witho/t s/ch 1reams3When you

lose this capacity to dream you lose the capacity to love, the

capacity to love is lost. ) recommen1 that at night when 0o/ e?amine 0o/r

consciences, as4 0o/rself if 0o/ 1reame1 of the f/t/re of 0o/r sons an1

1a/ghters3 Di1 0o/ 1ream of 0o/r h/s7an1 or wife@ Di1 0o/ 1ream to1a0 of

0o/r parents, 0o/r gran1parents who carrie1 forwar1 the famil0 to me@ It is

so important to dream and especially to dream in the family. Please

don’t lose the ability to dream in this way. ow man0 sol/tions are

fo/n1 to famil0 pro7lems if we ta4e time to re=ect, if we thin4 of a h/s7an1

or wife, an1 we 1ream a7o/t the goo1 /alities the0 hae3 Don6t eer lose

the memor0 of when 0o/ were 7o0frien1 or girlfrien13 'hat is er0 important3

Joseph6s rest reeale1 +o16s will to him3 )n this moment of rest in the or1, as

we pa/se from o/r man0 1ail0 o7ligations an1 actiities, +o1 is also

spea4ing to /s3 e spea4s to /s in the rea1ing we hae :/st hear1, in o/r

pra0er an1 witness, an1 in the /iet of o/r hearts3 et /s re=ect on what the

or1 is sa0ing to /s, especiall0 in this eening6s +ospel3 'here are three

aspects of this passage which ) wo/l1 as4 0o/ to consi1er; resting in the

or1, rising with Jes/s an1 Mar0, an1 7eing a prophetic oice3Rest is necessary

Resting in the or13 Rest is so necessar0 for the health of o/r min1s an1

7o1ies, an1 often so 1iBc/lt to achiee 1/e to the man0 1eman1s place1 on

/s3 But rest is also essential for our spiritual health, so that we can

hear God’s voice and understand what he asks of us. Joseph was


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chosen 70 +o1 to 7e the foster father of Jes/s an1 the h/s7an1 of Mar03 As

%hristians, 0o/ too are calle1, li4e Joseph, to ma4e ahome for Jes/s3 You

make a home for him in your hearts, your families, your parishes

and your communities.

'o hear an1 accept +o16s call, to ma4e a home for Jes/s, 0o/ m/st 7e a7le torest in the or13 o/ m/st ma4e time each 1a0 for pra0er3 5/t 0o/ ma0 sa0 to

me; ol0 Father, ) want to pra0, 7/t there is so m/ch wor4 to 1o8 ) m/st care

for m0 chil1renC ) hae chores in the homeC ) am too tire1 een to sleep well3

'his ma0 7e tr/e, but if we do not pray, we will not know the most

important thin of all! God’s will for us.An1 for all o/r actiit0, o/r 7/s0-

ness, witho/t pra0er we will accomplish er0 little3

Resting in pra0er is especiall0 important for families3 )t is in the famil0 that

we 9rst learn how to pra03 "nd don’t foret when the family prays

toether, it remains toether. 'his is important3 'here we come to 4now

+o1, to grow into men an1 women of faith, to see o/rseles as mem7ers of

+o16s greater famil0, the %h/rch3 )n the famil0 we learn how to loe, to

forgie, to 7e genero/s an1 open, not close1 an1 sel9sh3 *e learn to moe

7e0on1 o/r own nee1s, to enco/nter others an1 share o/r lies with them3

'hat is wh0 it is so important to pra0 as a famil08 'hat is wh0 families are so

important in +o16s plan for the %h/rch8


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) wo/l1 li4e to tell 0o/ something er0 personal3 ) li4e St Joseph er0 m/ch3

e is a strong man of silence3 On m0 1es4 ) hae a stat/e of St Josephsleeping3 *hile sleeping he loo4s after the %h/rch3 es, he can 1o it8 *e

4now that3 When I have a problem or a di#culty, I write on a piece of

paper and I put it under his statue so he can dream about it. 'his

means please pra0 to St Joseph for this pro7lem3

Rising with Jesus and Mary

Ne?t, rising with Jes/s an1 Mar03 'hose precio/s moments of repose, of

resting with the or1 in pra0er, are moments we might wish to prolong3 5/t

li4e Saint Joseph, once we hae hear1 +o16s oice, we m/st rise from o/r

sl/m7erC we m/st get /p an1 act cf3 Rom "E;""3 $aith does not removeus from the world, but draws us more deeply into it. &ach of /s, in fact,

has a special role in preparing for the coming of +o16s 4ing1om in o/r worl13

J/st as the gift of the ol0 Famil0 was entr/ste1 to Saint Joseph, so the gift of

the famil0 an1 its place in +o16s plan is entr/ste1 to /s so we can carr0 it

forwar13 'o each one of 0o/ an1 /s 7eca/se ) too am the son of a famil03


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'he angel of the or1 reeale1 to Joseph the 1angers which threatene1 Jes/s

an1 Mar0, forcing them to =ee to &g0pt an1 then to settle in NaGareth3 %o

too, in our time, God calls upon us to reconi&e the daners

threatenin our own families and to protect them from harm. We

must be attentive to the newideoloical coloni&ation.Ideological colonization may destroy the family

Beware of the new ideoloical coloni&ation that tries to destroy the

family. )t6s not 7orn of the 1ream that we hae from +o1 an1 pra0er - it

comes from outside and that’s why I call it a coloni&ation. et /s not

lose the free1om to ta4e forwar1 the mission +o1 has gien /s, the mission

of the famil03 An1 :/st as o/r peoples were a7le to sa0 in the past HNoI to the

perio1 of coloniGation, as families we hae to 7e er0 wise an1 strong to sa0

HNoI to an0 attempte1 i1eological coloniGation that co/l1 1estro0 the

famil03 "nd to ask the intercession of %t 'oseph to know when to say

(Yes) and when to say (*o)+.

he pressures on family life today are many. ere in the Philippines,

co/ntless families are still s/ering from the eects of nat/ral 1isasters3 'he

economic sit/ation has ca/se1 families to 7e separate1 70 migration an1 the

search for emplo0ment, an1 9nancial pro7lems strain man0 ho/sehol1s3

*hile all too man0 people lie in 1ire poert0, others are ca/ght /p in

materialism an1 lifest0les which are 1estr/ctie of famil0 life an1 the most

7asic 1eman1s of %hristian moralit03 'he famil0 is also threatene1 70 growing

eorts on the part of some to re1e9ne the er0 instit/tion of marriage, 70

relatiism, 70 the c/lt/re of the ephemeral, 70 a lac4 of openness to life3

) thin4 of 5lesse1 Pa/l () in the moment of that challenge of pop/lation

growth, he ha1 the strength to 1efen1 openness to life3 e 4new the

1iBc/lties families e?perience an1 that6s wh0 in his enc0clical /manae

(itae he e?presse1 compassion for speci9c cases an1 he ta/ght professors

to 7e partic/larl0 compassionate for partic/lar cases3 An1 he went f/rther,

he loo4e1 at the people on the earth an1 he saw that lac4 of chil1ren an1

the pro7lem it co/l1 ca/se families in the f/t/re3 Pa/l () was co/rageo/s, agoo1 pastor an1 he warne1 his sheep a7o/t the woles that were

approaching3 An1 from the heaens he 7lesses /s to1a03

The world needs good and strong families- they need protection

-ur world needs ood and stron families to overcome these

threats 'he Philippines nee1s hol0 an1 loing families to protect the 7ea/t0


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an1 tr/th of the famil0 in +o16s plan an1 to 7e a s/pport an1 e?ample for

other families3 &er0 threat to the famil0 is a threat to societ0 itself3 'he

f/t/re of h/manit0, as Saint John Pa/l )) often sai1, passes thro/gh the famil0

cf3 Familiaris %onsortio, K#3 %o protect your families %ee in them your

country’s reatest treasure and nourish them always by prayer andthe race of the sacraments. Families will alwa0s hae their trials, 7/t

ma0 0o/ neer a11 to them8 )nstea1, 7e liing e?amples of loe, forgieness

an1 care3 5e sanct/aries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacre1ness of

eer0 h/man life from conception to nat/ral 1eath3 *hat a gift this wo/l1 7e

to societ0, if eer0 %hristian famil0 lie1 f/ll0 its no7le ocation8 So rise with

Jes/s an1 Mar0, an1 set o/t on the path the or1 traces for each of 0o/3

Finall0, the +ospel we hae hear1 remin1s /s of o/r %hristian 1/t0 to 7e

prophetic oices in the mi1st of o/r comm/nities3 Joseph listene1 to the

angel of the or1 an1 respon1e1 to +o16s call to care for Jes/s an1 Mar03 )n

this wa0 he pla0e1 his part in +o16s plan, an1 7ecame a 7lessing not onl0 for

the ol0 Famil0, 7/t a 7lessing for all of h/manit03 *ith Mar0, Joseph sere1

as a mo1el for the 7o0 Jes/s as he grew in wis1om, age an1 grace cf3 4

2;#23 *hen families 7ring chil1ren into the worl1, train them in faith an1

so/n1 al/es, an1 teach them to contri7/te to societ0, the0 7ecome a

7lessing in o/r worl13 +o16s loe 7ecomes present an1 actie 70 the wa0 we

loe an1 70 the goo1 wor4s that we 1o3 *e e?ten1 %hrist6s 4ing1om in this

worl13 An1 in 1oing this, we proe faithf/l to the prophetic mission which we

hae receie1 in 7aptism3

Care for those in need

D/ring this 0ear which 0o/r 7ishops hae set asi1e as the ear of the Poor, )

wo/l1 as4 0o/, as families, to 7e especiall0 min1f/l of o/r call to 7e

missionar0 1isciples of Jes/s3 'his means bein ready to o beyond your

homes and to care for our brothers and sisters who are most in

need. ) as4 0o/ especiall0 to show concern for those who 1o not hae a

famil0 of their own, in partic/lar those who are el1erl0 an1 chil1ren witho/t

parents3 Neer let them feel isolate1, alone an1 a7an1one1, 7/t help them to4now that +o1 has not forgotten them3

) was er0 moe1 after the Mass to1a0 when ) isite1 that shelter for chil1ren

with no parents3 ow man0 people in the %h/rch wor4 so that that ho/se is a

home, famil0@ 'his is what it means to ta4e forwar1, propheticall0, the

meaning of famil03 You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but


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you have an abundance of ifts to o/er when you o/er 0hrist and

the community of his 0hurch. Do not hi1e 0o/r faith, 1o not hi1e Jes/s,

7/t carr0 him into the worl1 an1 oer the witness of 0o/r famil0 life8

Dear frien1s in %hrist, 4now that ) pra0 for 0o/ alwa0s8 ) pra0 that the or1

ma0 contin/e to 1eepen 0o/r loe for him, an1 that this loe ma0 manifestitself in 0o/r loe for one another an1 for the %h/rch3 Pra0 often an1 ta4e the

fr/its of 0o/r pra0er into the worl1, that all ma0 4now Jes/s %hrist an1 his

mercif/l loe3 Please pra0 also for me, for ) tr/l0 nee1 0o/r pra0ers an1 will

1epen1 on them alwa0s8

'han4 0o/ er0 m/ch8

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)t was s/ch an honor to coer this eent3 ) was inspire1 to hear the

testimonies gien 70 the 1ierent families, an1 was to/che1 70 Pope Francis6

message3

eto ang pasilip sa a4ing e?perience sa araw na i0on;

Covering Pope Francis’ Encounter with Families at the S OA Arena


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An1 the families who gae testimonies;

*ith the DiGon famil0 who gae their testimon0 7efore Pope Francis on how

the0 1rew their strength from the or1 ami1st their har1ships


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*ith the P/mara1a famil0 who face1 tremen1o/s challenges in confrontingthe pro7lems of migration


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*ith the %r/G famil0 who share1 how the or1 helpe1 them in oercomingthe trials the0 face1 gien the 1isa7ilit0 of parents Renato an1 'essie who are

7oth 1eaf-m/te


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'he rosar0 Pope Francis gae as a gift to the families who gae their

testimonies


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At the lie point of A5S-%5N 1/ring the &nco/nter with Families at the SMMOA Arena with a7a0an Noli 1e %astro an1 orina SancheG-Ro?as


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*ith Jaime Riera who sang H*e are all +o16s %hil1renI the oBcial theme

song of Pope Francis6 Papal (isit

An1 a i1eo of the gathering insi1e the arena; 'r/l0, it was an /nforgetta7le an1 7lesse1 e?perience3

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