Pope Francis said Wednesday
that marriage is a "home-made alliance" which couples must work
on "to make a single life out of two lives, which is perhaps
also a miracle".
Speaking at his weekly general audience in St Peter's
Square dedicated to the theme of marital engagement ahead of the
Synod on the Family, the pontiff said: "there is no quickfix
marriage, one has to work on love, one has to walk, the alliance
of love between man and woman is learned, refined".
"Allow me to say that making a single life out of two
lives is a home-made alliance, and also perhaps a miracle, a
miracle of freedom and of the heart entrusted to faith".
Francis urged Italians in the throng of pilgrims and
faithful in the square to bear in mind the Italian classic
romantic novel I Promessi Sposi, by Alessandro Manzoni.
"You Italians in your literature have a masterpiece on
engagement and youngsters should be familiar with it, read it,
it is a masterpiece that tells the story of fiancés who have
undergone difficulties and walked a road to marriage. Don't
overlook this masterpiece on engagement in Italian literature,
go on and read it and you will see the beauty," the pope said.
Returning to his theme on the need to nurture love, Francis
said: "whoever wants everything immediately will give up
everything immediately at the first difficulty or opportunity".
"There is no hope for trust in the gift of self if the
habit of consuming love remains, as if it was a kind of vitamin
pill for psychophysical well-being," the pontiff said.
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