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    CHRISTIAN FAMILY

    How can you describe


    your family?
    “The family is the
    center and the heart of
    the civilization of love.
    It is a foundation of a
    just and loving world” –
    St. John Paul II
    CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF FAMILY
    Covenant Relationship
    COVENANT RELATIONSHIP

    ✔Through our
    parents concern
    for us, we become
    our best selves.
    COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
    ✔Love must be
    essence of a family
    not financial status,
    achievement, looks,
    intelligence,
    productivity.
    COVENANT RELATIONSHIP

    ✔We are called to


    share love that is
    self-sacrificing, life-
    giving, and others-
    centered.
    COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
    ✔This commitment to the family- seen
    in a father volunteering to do the
    groceries, a mother waking up early in
    the morning to deed her hungry baby,
    a child striving to excel in school, a
    sister/brother helping his/her younger
    sibling finish his project – leads us to a
    personal appreciation of God, who is
    both caring and faithful.
    Domestic
    Church
    DOMESTIC CHURCH
    ✔By word and
    example, parents are
    the first heralds of
    the faith with regard
    to their children.
    DOMESTIC CHURCH

    ✔Every Christian
    family is called to be
    the foundation of the
    whole Church
    DOMESTIC CHURCH

    ✔A Christian
    family must be
    the first school of
    discipleship
    First and Vital cell of Society
    FIRST AND VITAL CELL OF SOCIETY
    ✔The family is the
    most basic
    community upon
    which society builds
    itself.
    FIRST AND VITAL CELL OF SOCIETY
    ✔It is where persons
    are nurtured and
    trained to become
    good and productive
    members of society.
    FIRST AND VITAL CELL OF SOCIETY
    ✔Through our
    families, we become
    more aware of our
    social
    responsibilities.
    FIRST AND VITAL CELL OF SOCIETY

    ✔“Today My
    Family,
    Tomorrow the
    World”
    A Family can be true to its identity
    and mission as a covenant
    relationship, a domestic Church and
    the basic unit of society only through
    the value of filial respect. This value
    is enshrined in the fourth
    commandment, “Honor your father
    and your mother”.
    Guide questions:
    ✔Do you respect your parents?
    ✔How do you show respect to
    your parents?
    Most of us experience problems
    with our families that leads us not
    to give respect to our parents. Yet
    the 4th commandment reminds us
    of our moral obligation of
    respecting them despite of many
    obstacles.
    Implications of the 4th commandment

    ✔It links the first three


    commandments about
    love of God to the other
    six commandments
    about love of neighbor.
    Implications of the 4th commandment

    ✔Its original meaning


    refers to the duty of the
    children to take care of
    their aging parents
    Implications of the 4th commandment
    ✔It also entails our
    duty to give proper
    respect, care and
    attention to our
    parents and elderly in
    our family.
    Obstacles in honoring our parents

    ✔Abusive and
    neglectful parents
    ✔Natural process of
    growing up
    ✔Generation gap
    Ways of expressing our love for our family

    ✔Learn to listen
    ✔Do things together
    ✔Learn to say “sorry” and
    “I forgive you”
    ✔Learn to say “I love you”
    ✔Serve the poor as a
    family

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