2011-01-31 15:39:07

Pope’s general prayer intention for February


(Jan 31, 2011) Here is brief comment on Pope Benedict XVI’s general prayer intention for the month of February – that all may respect the family and recognize its unmatched contribution to the advancement of society. According to the Church, the fundamental role of bringing up a person rests on the family. As the true school of love, the family is where genuine values of life are imbibed. Late Pope John Paul II called the family the “basic cell of society,” saying just as healthy cells make a healthy body, so too healthy families make a healthy society. Jesus experienced such a family and honoured the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. In a message to the Sixth World Meeting of Families in Mexico City in 2009, Pope Benedict had written: “It is at home that people truly learn to live, to value life and health, freedom and peace, justice and truth, work, harmony, and respect.” He called on all Christians to reaffirm the dignity and the unique, irreplaceable value of the family founded on the marriage of a man and a woman open to life, and also of human life in all of its stages. Unfortunately today various forms of pseudo unions such as same sex marriage and live-in couples are trying to replace the traditional family and marriage. With such social and moral crises, many families are denied the support needed to carry out their mission of helping their children mature properly – a phenomenon that is harming society. This is why Pope Benedict is inviting all to join him in praying in February that all may respect the family and recognize its unmatched contribution to the advancement of society







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