Pope Francis Daily Reflections: August 9th 2021
August
Human Family
Family as Domestic Church
and School of Learning
Love is patient and kind; Loves does not envy or boast; it sis not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on all its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Monday 9th August : Sadly, in our day, the family all too often needs to be protected against insidious attacks and programmes contrary to all we hold sacred, all that is most beautiful and noble in our culture.
Tuesday 10th August : Making peace gives unity to the family; and tell young people, young couples, that it is not easy to go down this path, but it is a very beautiful path, very beautiful.
Wednesday 11th August: The “Good News” of the family is very important part of evangelisation, which Christians can communicate to all by the witness of their lives…. This is evident in secularised societies: true Christian families are known by their fidelity, their patience, their openness to life, and by their respect for the elderly… the secret to this is the presence of Jesus in the family.
Thursday 12th August: What is the family? Over and above it’s the most pressing problems and its peremptory necessities, the family is a “centre for love,” where the law of respect and communication reigns and is able to resist the pressure of manipulation and domination from the world’s “power centres.”
Friday 13th August: In the heart of the family, the person naturally and harmoniously blends into a human group, overcoming the false opposition between the individual and society.
Saturday 14th August: In the bosom of the family, no one is set apart: both the elderly and the child will be welcome here. The culture of encounter and of dialogue, openness to solidarity and transcendence, originates in the family.
