I felt very encouraged - what a joyful statement! One thing that also stood out to me was his discouraging of cohabitation as a preparation or substitute for marriage. It is *so* incredibly common these days, I tend to notice when someone *isn’t* living together before marriage. Another countercultural witness for the Church that we can hopefully stand strong on.
The Pope's Pep Talk to Families
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:00 AM
Many thanks to our Canadian friends in Quebec, Michel et Myrielle, for highlighting an important message in the pope’s homily in Croatia on the National Day of Croatian Catholic Families:
Christian families are a decisive resource for education in the faith, for the up-building of the Church as a communion and for her missionary presence in the most diverse situations in life.
and ...
Dear families, be courageous! Do not give in to that secularized mentality which proposes living together as a preparation, or even a substitute for marriage! Show by the witness of your lives that it is possible, like Christ, to love without reserve, and do not be afraid to make a commitment to another person! Dear families, rejoice in fatherhood and motherhood! Openness to life is a sign of openness to the future, confidence in the future, just as respect for the natural moral law frees people, rather than demeaning them! The good of the family is also the good of the Church.
Got that? Be courageous! Do not give in! Rejoice!
I’m feeling encouraged. How about you?
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