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Jul 7, 2006 · The Catechism points to this reality when it adopts the teaching of the Apostolic Constitution on the Family [Familiaris Consortio, n. 21]: “‘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’” (2204). To see the family as the Church “in miniature,” and to call the Church ...
The family holds a significant place in Catholic theology and life. Often referred to as the “domestic church,” the family unit is seen as a microcosm of the Church as a whole. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that the family is the “original cell of social life” and that it is “established by the Creator with its own nature, essential properties, and purpose” (CCC 2207).
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A flourishing Christian family is marked, first, by all its members—father, mother and children—being present and active. The family is not divided by strife between the parents or among the children. The family is often present together as a whole on a daily basis. The father or mother does not go off frequently on their own away from the family. ...
Communion is when members within the familyshare one life. Each person knows, loves, is known by, and is loved by all the others. Typically united by ties of blood and generation, in family communion there is a mutual containment of each in each, or of all in all, by love and knowledge. The partaking together of daily activities, such as meals and ...
In a flourishing Christian family, the love of a husband for his wife leaves no doubt that he exercises his authority for her good and that he respects her as an equal, not as if she were one of the children. The husband is called to love his wife as Christ loves the Church—Christ who came to serve and who died for love of his bride. A husband must...
A happily married couple that lives in a communion of love will be generous in bringing new life into the world and communicating their own happiness to their children. Indeed, this communication of goodness and life to the children is the main business of Christian education, for the life of man is primarily the life of the spirit. It is also a si...
The strongest and most proper mark of a flourishing Christian family is that the supernatural goods of family life are preeminent, completing and perfecting the natural goods of family life. Sometimes we see Catholic families in which the truths of the Faith hold first place in the lives of the parents and children but in such a way that natural go...
In our world today, it’s a sad but unavoidable reality that many Catholic parents find themselves raising children without a spouse—because of death or divorce, or because they were never married to begin with. This creates all kinds of practical parenting challenges, but, given the importance of the witness of marriage in raising Catholic children...
"The family is thus an agent of pastoral activity through its explicit proclamation of the Gospel and its legacy of varied forms of witness, namely solidarity with the poor, openness to a diversity of people, the protection of creation, moral and material solidarity with other families, including those most in need, commitment to the promotion of the common good and the transformation of ...
Jan 7, 2014 · The Five “Marks” of a Catholic Family. 1. Catholic Families Worship Together–The Eucharist is the source of our love and the sign of the intimacy to which we are called. Therefore, as a family, we attend Sunday mass weekly (and Holy Days and at other times as we are able) and we actively participate in parish life–our spiritual home ...
As a consequence of these concepts and ideals, the Christian family in history has proved itself immeasurably superior to the non-Christian family. It has exhibited greater fidelity between husband and wife, greater reverence for the parents by the children, greater protection of the weaker members by the stronger, and in general a more thorough recognition of the dignity and rights of all ...
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The Christian family is to be understood as a family in which Jesus’ life, death and resurrection is alive and well. It means that this particular family is united not only by human natural bonds but also by the grace of God. A Christian family is one that prays together, speaks about faith and morality, practices charity and makes God the ...
