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PEARLS OF HOLINESS 18
Where God’s power emerges

«As Christians we are short-sighted when we close ourselves off
from the problems of others and do not raise our gaze, and we are far-
sighted when we look away and neglect loving those close to us. The
Bernardini spouses not only welcomed the light of faith, making it the
foundation of their existence, but throughout their entire lives they did
not close themselves up in their own world.» (Msgr. Erio Castellucci)

PEARLS OF HOLINESS
«They were models in the holiness of their marriage and the
parents of 10 children, 8 of whom were consecrated […]. The cause of
beatification of these two spouses, who proved they knew how to love
and esteem each other for many years, despite trials and difficulties,
who consolidated their union with prayer and sacrifice, making their
family a true domestic Church, is of great relevance in today’s society.
Their example as simple people, yet anchored in true deep values, of
genuine faith, of acceptance of the gift of life, of love for the Church
and the missions, of willingness to accept God’s action in their daily
lives, can and must be proposed to today’s families: “the life of the
Servants of God speaks of daily sanctity, which we could define as
‘ordinary’, without striking facts, interwoven, however, by infinite
small and constant gestures of goodness, of faith, of abandonment to
the divine will, of desire for the glory of God and the expansion of his
Kingdom». (Msgr. Benito Cocchi)

18 Quotations available in La Chiesa in festa, <www.coniugibernardini.it>.