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December 13, 2023
Dear Families,
We hope the Advent season is bringing your family hope, peace, joy, and love. As we prepare for the birth of Christ, I encourage you to reflect on Pope Francis's powerful ideas for bringing happiness and joy into your life and the lives of others this holiday season.
“The Second Sunday of this season of preparation for Christmas is a time to recognize the shortcomings in our life, to smooth out the roughness of pride and to make room for Jesus who comes.
“You can have flaws, be anxious and even be angry, but don’t forget that your life is the greatest business in the world. Only you can stop it from failure. You are appreciated, admired and loved by many. Remember that being happy is not having a sky without storms, a road without accidents, a job without effort, relationships without disappointments.
“To be happy is to let live the creature that lives in each of us, free, joyful and simple. It's having maturity to be able to say: "I made mistakes". Having the courage to say "I'm sorry". It's having a sensitivity to say "I need you". Is having the ability to say "I love you". May your life become a garden of opportunities for happiness... that in spring I can be a lover of joy and in winter a lover of wisdom.
"And when you make a mistake, start over. Because only then will you fall in love with life. You will find that being happy doesn't mean having a perfect life. But she uses tears to irrigate tolerance. Use your defeats to train your patience.
"Use your mistakes with the serenity of the sculptor. Use pain to tune into pleasure. Use obstacles to open the windows of intelligence. Never give up ... Above all, never give up on the people that love you. Never give up on happiness, because life is an amazing show. ".
POPE FRANCIS
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