The Archbishop of Santiago and Primado de Chile, Cardinal Fernando Chomali, shared seven tips for young marriages, focused on giving thanks to God, living according to faith, putting Jesus in the center, and opening himself to the gift of the children.
He did it within the framework of the “To Meditate” cycle, in which he periodically shares reflections and advice on different topics through the social networks of the archbishopric.
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On this occasion, his advice were:
1. Understand life as a gift called to become a gift for others. Always thank God and families for everything you have done for you.
2. The neighbor’s garden is not greener than yours. Each garden has its own beauties and its most arid areas that you have to learn to discover, take care of them and water them. Always thank the garden itself with all the good and the bad thing it brings.
3. Live how they think and according to their faith, but will end up thinking of how they live. That is the ruin of man and marriage. Without direction and without project, the banal and superficial acquires absolute value. That is dangerous.
4. Remember the words of Jesus, “without me they will not be able to do anything.” Your marriage depends on him and every day, every second, ask yourself what would Christ do in my place? You are a great hope for the Church and society.
5. Remember that it is impossible to achieve happiness outside your truth and the commitment assumed. They review the promises that made the day of their marriage.
6. I have met many repentant people of not having more children. I have never met someone regretful of having given many children to society, the family and the Church. Children are a gift, the most excellent gift, to abrase without fear. In fact, you are exactly that.
7. Understand that the really important things of life happen in the humble and not in the opulence that dazzles. Only Christ illuminates to show us the way, truth and life. In this, the Blessed Virgin Mary shows us an example without just following. God bless you and take care of them.
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.