{"id":7043,"date":"2022-06-03T15:12:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/popes-june-prayer-intention-families\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:12:55","slug":"popes-june-prayer-intention-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/popes-june-prayer-intention-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope\u2019s June prayer intention: \u2018For families\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/a> – By Devin Watkins<\/em><\/p>\n\n

\u201cThere is no such thing as a perfect family. There are always \u2018buts.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n

Pope Francis made that affirmation in The Pope Video released on Thursday to promote his prayer intention for June.<\/p>\n\n

Yet, he added, \u201cthat doesn\u2019t matter. We shouldn\u2019t be afraid of mistakes; we have to learn from them so we can move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

United in the family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

As the Church prepares to gather in Rome on 22-26 June for the 10th World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis upheld the family and urged all Catholics to pray for them.<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cThe family is the place where we learn to live with one another, to live with young people and with those who are older. And by being united in our differences\u2014young people, the elderly, adults, children\u2014we evangelize with our example of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

God offers path of holiness in families<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Pope recalled that God is always with us, in our neighborhood, cities, and daily life.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAnd He takes care of us,\u201d said Pope Francis. \u201cHe remains with us at all times in the swaying of the boat tossed by the sea: when we argue, when we suffer, when we\u2019re joyful, the Lord is there and accompanies us, helps us, and corrects us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

At the same time, he said, love within the family offers a \u201cpersonal path of holiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cLet us pray for Christian families around the world. May each and every family embody and experience unconditional love and advance in holiness in their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

\u2018Main source of meaning for people\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

A press release from the Pope\u2019s Worldwide Prayer Network<\/a>, which prepares the video, referenced a survey carried out by the Pew Research Center in 2021, noting that \u201cthe family continues to be the main source of meaning in the lives of many people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, affirmed that every family has its own problems and joys.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cLoving relationships between spouses, parents, children, and grandparents are what become paths of holiness,\u201d he said, noting that this love is \u201cmade of simple daily gestures, which take little to make ordinary moments extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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