{"id":17412,"date":"2013-10-28T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T21:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=17412"},"modified":"2014-12-27T16:05:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T23:05:18","slug":"pope-francis-marriage-is-the-first-sacrament-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/10\/pope-francis-marriage-is-the-first-sacrament-of-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: Marriage is the First Sacrament of Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we would describe it here in Oklahoma, Pope Francis said a mouthful.<\/p>\n

His comments on family life have been spot on. Here are a few from a discussion he gave Friday to the XXI Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family:<\/p>\n

The family is the \u201ccommunity of life,\u201d the \u201cnatural center of human life,\u201d the \u201cengine of the world and society,\u201d and the \u201cplace \u00a0(where) you learn to love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each of us builds his own personality in the family.<\/p>\n

In the family a person becomes aware of his own dignity and especially if his education is Christian, recognizes the dignity of every human person.<\/p>\n

Marriage is the \u2018first sacrament of humanity.\u2019<\/p>\n

A society that abandons its children and marginalizes the elderly severs its roots and obscures its future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From News.va<\/a>:<\/p>\n

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis called the family a \u201ccommunity of life with its own consistent autonomy\u201d, and that it is the \u201cnatural centre of human life\u201d, \u201cthe engine of the world and history\u201d, and the \u201cplace you learn to love\u201d.<\/span>
He was speaking on Friday to participants of the XXI Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family. The Assembly has been looking at the theme \u201cFamily, Live the Joy of Faith\u201d and also marked the 30th Anniversary of the Holy See\u2019s 1983 Charter on the Rights of the Family.<\/span>

\u201cEach of us builds his own personality in the family, growing up with their mother and father, brothers and sisters, breathing in the warmth of the house,\u201d Pope Francis said. \u201cIn the family, a person becomes aware of his own dignity, and especially if his education is Christian, recognizes the dignity of every human person, and in a special way, that of the sick, weak and marginalized.\u201d<\/span>
The Holy Father reminded the participants the family is based on marriage, which he called \u201clike a first sacrament of humanity\u201d.<\/span>
\u201cIn marriage, we give ourselves completely without calculation or reservation, sharing everything \u2013 gifts and sacrifices \u2013 trusting in God\u2019s Providence,\u201d Pope Francis said. \u201cThis is the experience that young people can learn from their parents and grandparents. It is an experience of faith in God and mutual trust, of profound freedom, of holiness, because holiness pre-supposes giving of yourself with faithfulness and sacrifice every day of your life!\u201d<\/span>
The Pope then spoke briefly about two stages of family life: childhood and old age.<\/span>
\u201cChildren and the elderly are the two poles of life and also the most vulnerable, often the most forgotten,\u201d he said. \u201cA society that abandons children and marginalizes the elderly severs its roots and obscures its future. Whenever a child is abandoned and an old person is marginalized, is not just an act of injustice, but it also demonstrates the failure of that society. Taking care of children and the elderly is the only choice of civilization.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 As we would describe it here in Oklahoma, Pope Francis said a mouthful. His comments on family life have been spot on. Here are a few from a discussion he gave Friday to the XXI Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family: The family is the \u201ccommunity of life,\u201d the \u201cnatural center […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,592,40,516,4564,726,1631,4722,520,3451,48,1],"tags":[5485,5430,269,2782,3788,4730,5484],"class_list":["post-17412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholic","category-child-rearing","category-christianity-2","category-culture","category-fatherhood-2","category-following-christ","category-holy-father-2","category-holy-matrimony-2","category-marriage-2","category-motherhood-2","category-pro-life","category-uncategorized","tag-caring-for-the-elderly","tag-christian-home","tag-marriage","tag-pope-francis","tag-raising-children","tag-sacramental-marriage","tag-the-elderly"],"yoast_head":"\nPope Francis: Marriage is the First Sacrament of Humanity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"  As we would describe it here in Oklahoma, Pope Francis said a mouthful. 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