The educators are parents, teachers, catechists, etc. whose mission is to teach the youth about the value of life, helping them respect it better. 

Extract from the Gospel of John

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
- John 10:11-18

Extract from Evangelicum Vitae (The Gospel of Life) N°82

To be truly a people at the service of life we must propose these truths constantly and courageously from the very first proclamation of the Gospel, and thereafter in catechesis, in the various forms of preaching, in personal dialogue and in all educational activity. Teachers, catechists and theologians have the task of emphasizing the anthropological reasons upon which respect for every human life is based. In this way, by making the newness of the Gospel of life shine forth, we can also help everyone discover in the light of reason and of personal experience how the Christian message fully reveals what man is and the meaning of his being and existence. We shall find important points of contact and dialogue also with non- believers, in our common commitment to the establishment of a new culture of life. 

Witnesses of God: St. John Bosco

John Bosco was an Italian priest of the XIX century and the founder of the Society of St. Francisco  de Sales: he devoted his life to the youth by educating them through his  joy and love for them. John Bosco helped them discover the beauty and greatness of life. 

Let us pray for the educators: parents, who are their children's first educators, catechists, youth leaders... May children become aware of the  the beauty of life from their young age, so they can grow to become happy men and women,  apostles of life. 

Final Prayer

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