To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. (Pope John Paul II)

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

Pope John Paul II

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