After the greeting of Renato Valera, President of the Primary ADMA, who welcomed the many associates from different cities (Turin, Asti, Genoa, Verona, Milan), Fr Alejandro Guevara, World Spiritual Animator of ADMA, proposed a reflection on education starting from the Encyclical Amoris Laetitia. The invitation was not only to consider how each parent educates but also how God educates each parent. God, in fact, unfailingly welcomes all people with their faults and, in this way, teaches how to deal with children: always welcoming them in their newness, without being scandalized or judging them, but on the contrary, using that educational style that Don Bosco himself lived and taught.
After a prolonged moment of Adoration in the Church of St. Francis de Sales, to place one's life in the heart of Jesus and Mary, there followed a moment of sharing in which two young couples of aspirants testified how Mary has made herself present in a very concrete way in their lives: each time they entrusted their concerns to Mary, she took charge of them. The phrase that resonated most was: "She did everything!".
Coherent with the charisma of the ADMA, the two columns also marked the culmination of the day, with the recitation of the Holy Rosary and the celebration of the Eucharist, during which, the aspirants made a commitment to accept Mary as Mother and Teacher of their life of faith, as Virgin who listens, Virgin who prays and Virgin who offers.
"Surely Mary will not fail to bear fruit!" commented Fr Guevara.
