The Traditional Family is God's Instrument

As 2025 ends and 2026 begins, the Catholic Church calls us to reflect on the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

As 2025 ends and 2026 begins, the Catholic Church calls us to reflect on the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. In choosing a family as His instrument through which He entered the world God blessed the traditional family of a man and a woman, married for life, as the proper environment for procreating and raising children. The family is the basic cell of society and it is the domestic church. The health of society and the growth depend on the wellbeing of their family units. Virtuous family life makes for a virtuous society and a holy Church. How? Beginnings are crucial. A good start is half the battle. Family is where man and woman have the opportunity to complement one another the most and where children learn what it means to be created by God. It’s where they’re prepared for a productive adulthood. A productive adulthood is due in large part to a stable and God-centred upbringing that’s provided by a healthy family.

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