As we prepare to celebrate Father’s Day here in the United
States, it is worth reflecting upon this insight of St. John Paul II’s from Familiaris Consortio:
In
revealing and in reliving on earth the very fatherhood of God, a man is called
upon to ensure the harmonious and united development of all the members of the
family: he will perform this task by exercising generous responsibility for the
life conceived under the heart of the mother, by a more solicitous commitment
to education, a task he shares with his wife, by work which is never a cause of
division in the family but promotes its unity and stability, and by means of
the witness he gives of an adult Christian life which effectively introduces
the children into the living experience of Christ and the Church.
St. John Paul II, please pray for all fathers, that they may
live out their vocations to be good husbands and good parents.
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