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             2. tHe parents’ example


             «The power of example does what no recommendation, even a
        repeated one, is capable of creating: what is embodied in the lives
        of two parents is directly transmitted not by empty words, but by a
        testimony that shows, at once, the good, the beautiful, and the true
        that one intimately desires» .
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             ideas For reFlection

             • Let’s reflect on the importance of the messages we send to
        our children through our behavior.
             • Which of my attitudes send a positive message and which
        instead send a negative one?




             3. consistency in Work

             «The “family man” Ulisse was not very different from the one         EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE AMENDOLAGINE FAMILY
        who sat in an important office of the Ministry of the Interior: he had
        the same consistency with his faith, that he had in public» .
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             ideas For reFlection


             • Reflect on how, at work or when attending circles far from
        Jesus, I am consistent with my faith.











        14  Maria Concetta Bomba, Due cuori innamorati in Cristo, op. cit., p. 5.
        15  Servi di Dio, op. cit., parte 3.
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