{"id":129676,"date":"2024-12-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carfundacion.roymo.info\/?p=129676"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:17:37","slug":"familia-cristiana-amoris-laetitia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/familia-cristiana-amoris-laetitia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christian family: concept and importance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Church celebrates five years since the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation <\/span>Amoris Laetitia<\/a> on the beauty and joy of family love. On the same day Pope Francis will inaugurate the year dedicated to her, which will end on June 26, 2022, on the occasion of the 10th World Meeting in Rome with the Holy Father.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both the great human offspring<\/strong>and each of the familias<\/a> who were to compose it, is one of the natural instruments willed by God<\/strong> to cooperate in his creative mission.<\/p>\n

God's will to count on the family in his saving plan will be confirmed with the fulfillment of the divine plan. When Jesus is born, in Nazareth, of Mary, by the work of the Holy Spirit. And God provides for his Son a family, with an adoptive father, Joseph, and with Mary, the virginal Mother. The Lord wanted that, also in this, the way in which He wishes to see His children born and grow up, the human beings, be reflected:.<\/b><\/p>\n

\"What does the simple and admirable life of the Holy Family teach us?\" To this question suggested by St. Josemar\u00eda, we can answer with words from the Catechism, pointing out that the Christian family, in the image of Jesus' family, is also a domestic church.<\/strong> because it manifests the united and familial nature of the Church as the family of God.<\/p>\n

That of Nazareth is the model in which all those of the world can find their solid point of reference.<\/strong> and a strong inspiration<\/strong> says Pope Francis<\/p>\n

The importance\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Every family has a sacred entity<\/strong>and deserves the veneration and solicitude of its members, of civil society and of the Church. Both by its natural and supernatural mission, by its origin, by its nature and by its end, the dignity of the Christian family is great.<\/p>\n

The home must be the first and foremost school where children learn and live human and Christian virtues. The good example of parents, siblings and other components is reflected in the configuration of the social relationships that each of the members establishes. The family reality establishes rights and duties.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time<\/strong> of the life of society, it is particularly urgent to reinstilling a sense of Christianity<\/strong> or in the heart of so many homes. The task is not a simple one, but it is an exciting one. To contribute to this immense task, which is identified with that of giving a Christian tone to society, each one of us must begin by \"sweeping\" our own house.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Amoris laetitia is the second post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, signed on March 19, 2016 and made public on April 8 of the same year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The year of Amoris Laetitia<\/h3>\n

This is why Pope Francis has launched this initiative, which aims to reach every home in the world through different proposals. It arises from the experience of the pandemic. It has highlighted the central role of the Christian home as a domestic Church and the importance of the community bonds between them, which make the Church a \"family of families\". AL 87<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bishops' Conferences, Dioceses, Parishes, Ecclesial Movements, Family Associations, but especially Christian families from all over the world are invited to participate and are the protagonists with new proposals.<\/p>\n

The Pope also recalled that, in imitation of the Holy Family, \"we are called to rediscover the educational value of the family nucleus, which must be based on love that always regenerates relationships, opening horizons of hope.<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n

This feast \"presents us with the ideal of conjugal and family love, as was emphasized in the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia<\/em>\".<\/p>\n

Amoris Laetitia<\/em> summary<\/h3>\n
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  1. \"To make you experience that the Gospel is joy that fills the heart<\/strong> and the whole of life\" (AL 200<\/em>). A family that discovers and experiences the joy of having a gift and being in turn a gift for the Church and society, \"can become a light in the darkness of the world\" (AL 66<\/em>). And today's world needs this light!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Announce that the sacrament of marriage is a gift<\/strong> and has in itself a transforming force of human love. For this, it is necessary that pastors and families walk together in a pastoral co-responsibility and complementarity among the different vocations in the Church (cf. AL 203<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  3. Make families the protagonists of pastoral care.<\/strong> This requires \"an evangelizing and catechetical effort aimed at them\" (AL 200<\/em>), since a Christian family also becomes a missionary family.<\/li>\n
  4. Raising awareness among young people<\/strong> of the importance of formation in the truth of love and self-giving, with initiatives dedicated to them.<\/li>\n
  5. Broadening the outlook and action of the pastoral ministry <\/strong>to become transversal, to include spouses, children, young people, the elderly and situations of family fragility.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Christian family life is a vocation and a path to holiness, an expression of the 'most beautiful face of the Church' (Gaudete et exsultate 9).\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The Pope recalls the importance of making peace. On the feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis invites us to follow the model of Nazareth and gives some advice for a healthy environment: \"if you argue, make peace the same day, the cold war the next day is very dangerous\".<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Recommendation for living\u00a0<\/h3>\n

    The Pontiff has recommended a series of actions so that the family can experience a sincere communion and live deeply this year Amoris Laetitia<\/p>\n