Family is the center and the heart of the civilization of love.” - St. John Paul II
Love is the very essence of a family.
We are called to share within our families is patterned after God’s own love for us, a love that is self-sacrificing, life-giving, and others-centered
Family is the most basic community upon which society builds itself.
FourthCommandment links the first three commandments about love of God to the other six commandments about love of neighbor
OurDutytoCarefortheElderlyinSociety - Original meaning of the 4th commandment refers to the duty of adult children to take care of their aging parents.
Elderly members of our family and society deserve t0 be treated with the dignity proper to any human person.
OurDutytoLoveourBrothersandSisters - Our duty to give proper respect, care, and attention to our parents and to the elderly in our family includes loving our brothers and sisters.
The love we show with our siblings affirms the genuineness of our love for our parents.
Christian family is called to be the “salt of the earth and a light to the world,” to be living witnesses of Christ and the Church to everyone.
