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Catechism: Family and Society
2207 The family is the original cell of social life. It is the natural society in which husband and wife are called to give themselves in love and in the gift of life. Authority, stability, and a life of relationships within the family constitute the foundations for freedom, security, and fraternity within society. the family is the community in which, from childhood, one can learn moral values, begin to honor God, and make good use of freedom. Family life is an initiation into life in society. 2208 The family should live in such a way that its members learn…
Novena to the Holy Family
(Novenas are prayed once a day for nine days) (This Novena is traditionally prayed during the nine days before the Feast of the Holy Family) (The Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated on the Sunday following Christmas, unless that Sunday is January 1st, in which case it is celebrated on December 30th) Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of loving Holy Church as I should, above every earthly thing, and of ever showing my love by deeds. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of openly professing as I…
Catechism: The Nature of the Family
2201 The conjugal community is established upon the consent of the spouses. Marriage and the family are ordered to the good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. the love of the spouses and the begetting of children create among members of the same family personal relationships and primordial responsibilities. 2202 A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be considered the normal reference point by which the different…
Catechism: The Christian Family
2204 “The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church.”9 It is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.10 2205 The Christian family is a communion of persons, a sign and image of the communion of the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit. In the procreation and education of children it reflects the Father’s work of creation. It is called to partake of the prayer and sacrifice…
Catechism: The Family and the Kingdom
2232 Family ties are important but not absolute. Just as the child grows to maturity and human and spiritual autonomy, so his unique vocation which comes from God asserts itself more clearly and forcefully. Parents should respect this call and encourage their children to follow it. They must be convinced that the first vocation of the Christian is to follow Jesus: “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”39 2233 Becoming a disciple of Jesus means accepting the…
Prayer For Family
Great protector of the family, St. Gerard, we ask your prayers for all parents, that they may receive the grace to live in the love of God and bring up their children to know and love him with all their hearts. We ask you to pray that those who take the lives of unborn innocents and attack the dignity of motherhood may come to see the error of their ways, and that all men may value the holiness of Christian family life. God, our loving Father, your love gives life to the world. Bless and make holy all human…
Novena to Saint Joseph (II)
… Spirit. As a foster-father of Jesus and head of the Holy Family, you had an exalted and most responsible vocation – to open the way for the redemption of the world and to prepare for it by the education and guidance of the youth of the God-Man. In this work you cooperated as the instrument of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was the guide; you obeyed and carried out the works. How perfectly you obeyed the guidance of the God of Love! The words of the Old Testament which Pharaoh spoke concerning Joseph of Egypt can well be applied…
Litany For Deliverance
Deliver me, O Lord, from all dangers of Hell and all pains and tribulations. Amen. Deliver me, O Lord, [and my family] as Thou didst deliver Enoch and Elias from the common death of the World. Amen. Deliver me, O Lord, [and my family] as Thou didst deliver Noah from the flood. Amen. Deliver me, O Lord, [and my family] as Thou didst deliver Abraham from the midst of the Chaldeans. Amen. Deliver me, O Lord, [and my family] as Thou didst deliver Job from his sufferings. Amen. Deliver me, O Lord, [and my family] as Thou…
Catechism: The Domestic Church
1655 Christ chose to be born and grow up in the bosom of the holy family of Joseph and Mary. the Church is nothing other than “the family of God.” From the beginning, the core of the Church was often constituted by those who had become believers “together with all [their] household.”164 When they were converted, they desired that “their whole household” should also be saved.165 These families who became believers were islands of Christian life in an unbelieving world. 1656 In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith, believing families are of…
Are women allowed to be pastors?
… fulfill. Unlike today, education was not abundant or available for everyone. To raise a family was a full-time job. To provide for a family meant hard work and grueling labor. Paul’s message in the pastoral epistles was that most women were ill equipped to lead a church. Considering the gender roles of the first century, Paul wasn’t wrong. Instead, Paul instructs women to fulfill the role that they were given as nurturers of the family to the best of their ability. That by nurturing their family they may do their part to demonstrate to the world their faith. That men,…