Friday, June 13, 2014

Men As Husbands And Fathers


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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