"Luigi and Maria Quattrocchi lived married love in service to life .... they assumed the task of collaborating with God in procreation, dedicating themselves generously to their children, to teach them, guide them and direct them to discovering his plan of love.....The blessed couple lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. At the centre of their life was the daily Eucharist as well as devotion to the Virgin Mary, to whom they prayed every evening with the Rosary. Their fidelity to the Gospel and their heroic virtues were verified in their life as spouses and parents.
Dear families.... the path of holiness lived together as a couple is possible, beautiful, extraordinarily fruitful, and fundamental for the good of the family, the Church and society.... pray the Lord that there be many more married couples who can reveal in the holiness of their lives, the "great mystery" of spousal love, which originates in creation and is fulfilled in the union of Christ with his Church. Dear husbands and wives, I encourage you to embrace your role and your responsibilities,renew your missionary zeal, making your homes privileged places for announcing and accepting the Gospel in an atmosphere of prayer and in the concrete exercise of Christian solidarity.
Excerpt from Pope John Paul II's Beatification homily of Luigi and Maria Quattrocchi.
