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PEARLS OF HOLINESS
Where God’s power emerges

«The two of them had consecrated their conjugal love in a
Christian manner, and the grace of the nuptial sacrament always
supported them admirably in forming and growing their family» .
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«Dear brothers and sisters! […] we intend to highlight an
example of a positive reply to Christ’s question. The husband and
wife lived in Rome in the first half of the 20th century, a century in
which faith in Christ was harshly tried, and gave a positive reply.
Even in those difficult years, husband and wife, Luigi and Maria, kept
the lamp of the faith burning - lumen Christi - and passed it on to their
four children […].
PEARLS OF HOLINESS
Drawing on the word of God and the witness of the saints, the
blessed couple lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. Among
the joys and anxieties of a normal family, they knew how to live an
extraordinarily rich spiritual life. At the center of their life was the
daily Eucharist as well as devotion to the Virgin Mary, to whom they
prayed every evening with the Rosary, and consultation with wise
spiritual directors. In this way they could accompany their children in
vocational discernment, training them to appreciate everything “from
the roof up”, as they often, charmingly, liked to say.

14 Cardinal Camillo Ruini, 12 February 1994, opening of the Cause of Canonization at the Tribunal for
the Causes of Saints of the Vicariate of Rome.