Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9 NABRE)
It is National Marriage Week 2015. In celebration, today is Day Seven--the final day--of our virtual Marriage Retreat with Pope Francis. Today's theme is Take Forward The Meaning Of Family. Here is today's excerpt:
At the Meeting with Families in the Philippines, on January 16, 2015, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful by saying, “Do not hide your faith, do not hide Jesus, but carry him into the world and offer the witness of your family life!”
Did you know that families are called to be missionaries? For some families, that may mean moving around the world to share the Gospel with people who don’t know Jesus. But for most families, being missionaries means living the Gospel in the midst of your daily family life: carrying Jesus “into the world,” as Pope Francis says. Offering “the witness of your family life” in the carpool, at work, at soccer practice, in the grocery store. Families are challenged not to be closed in on their own needs and concerns, but to be open to others. A particular witness is being welcoming to people without families or with difficult family situations, for example widows, children of divorce, and single people. “Do not hide Jesus!” Pope Francis exhorts.
Today, I will carry Jesus into the world and offer the witness of my family and my marriage.
Saint Valentine, martyr and patron of lovers, pray for us.
Saints Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Slavic people, pray for us.
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