Thanks to Everyone From Father Ernie

DIVINE MERCY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC CHURCH
MESQUITE, TX
April 24, 2016
Fifth Sunday of Easter /
Quinto Domingo de Pascua
Sixth Sunday of Easter /
Sexto Domingo de Pascua
Acts 14:21-27
Rv 21:1-5a__
Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35
(54)
At the conclusion of their missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas tell the Antioch community all that the Lord had accomplished (1) in their preaching the kingdom of God
(Ps). This kingdom, to be marked by our love for one another (3), will reach its fulfillment in new heavens and a new earth (2).
Acts 15:1-2, 22-29
Rv 21:10-14, 22-23__
Jn 14:23-29
(57)
By listening attentively to the Spirit promised by Jesus (3), the early Church resolves the
question whether Gentile converts need to observe certain Jewish ritual practices (1). All
are called (Ps) to dwell in the heavenly Jerusalem, founded on the twelve apostles of the
Lamb (2).
SATURDAY, April 23, 2016
SATURDAY, April 30, 2016
This weekend Deacons are Preaching / Predicaran los Diáconos esta Semana
Priests are preaching this weekend /Los sacerdotes predicaran este Domingo
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
People of God………………………………………
Julio Díaz † ………………………………………..
Fr. OM
Fr. GM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Felicidad B. Solana †………………………………. Fr. OM
Salvador Salas †……………………………………. Fr. OM
SUNDAY, April 24, 2016
8:00
10:00
12:00
2:00
4:00
6:00
7:30
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PM
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PM
Tang Family (Thanksgiving)………………………
José Torres † ……………………………………….
Mario Arévalo †…………………………………….
Ana Soria Peinado †………………………………..
Filipino Mass (Msgr. Mario Magbanua † )……….
Richard and Jackie Balabar (Anniversary)………..
Angelina Álvarez (Sanación)………………………
April 25, Monday
1 Pt 5:5b-14
8:00 AM Church EN
6:00 PM Church EN
7:00 PM Iglesia SP
April 26, Tuesday
Acts 14:19-28
8:00 AM Church EN
6:00 PM Church EN
7:00 PM Iglesia SP
April 27, Wednesday
Acts 15:1-6
8:00 AM Church EN
6:00 PM Church EN
7:00 PM Iglesia SP
April 28, Thursday
Acts 15:7-21
8:00 AM Church EN
6:00 PM Church EN
7:00 PM Iglesia SP
April 29, Friday
Acts 15:22-31
8:00 AM Church EN
6:00 PM Church EN
7:00 PM Iglesia SP
April 30, Saturday
Acts 16:1-10
8:00 AM Chapel EN
SUNDAY, May 1, 2016
Fr. ET
Fr. ET
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
Fr. OM
Fr. OM
St. Mark, Evangelist (5)
Mk 16:15-20
José Torres †………………………………..
Nicolo Echiverri †…………………………..
Francisco Herrera (Sanación) ……………...
Easter Weekday (5)
Jn 14:27-31a
8:00
10:00
12:00
2:00
4:00
6:00
7:30
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Ella Guimapang †…………………………………..
Phelana Foster (Healing)…………………………..
Felipe Yescas †…………………………………….
Almas de purgatorio ……………………………….
English Agape………………………………………
Leslie Rodriguez (Conversion)……………………
Pueblo de Dios……………………………………...
Pss I
(555)
Fr. OM
Fr. OM
Fr. GM
ATTENDANCE:
Saturday, April 16, and Sunday, April 17, 2016
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
159
430
8:00 AM….…………….226
10:00 AM…....…...……..350
12:00 PM.….......……….650
2:00 PM…..…………...710
4:00 PM.………………625
6:00 PM……………….194
7:30 PM……………….389
Pss I
(286)
Tom and Patty (Anniversary)……………… Fr. OM
C.K. Chacko †………………………………. Fr. OM
M. Dolores Bustos (SI)…………………….. Fr. ET
Easter Weekday (5)
Jn 15:1-8
C.K. Chacko †……………………………..
Rochelle Rallos Pulvera †…………………..
Joaquín Prado † …………………..………...
St. Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr (5)
Jn 15:9-11
Pss I
(288)
Gabriel Abalos (Thanksgiving)……………. Fr. GM
C.K. Chacko †………………………………. Fr. GM
Familia Garza-Torres (SI)………………….. Fr. ET
St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor (5)
Jn 15:12-17
Pss I
(289)
Leslie Rodríguez (Conversión)…………….
Flordeliza Cruz †……………………………
Monsignor Mario †………………………..
Fr. ET
Fr. GM
Fr. OM
St. Pius V, Pope (45
Jn 15:18-21
Pss IV
(290)
Erwin Montana †…………………………...
Fr. ET
MESSAGE FROM JESUS
“I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of
love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always
and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.
I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your
neighbor: the first– by deed, the second—by word, the thirdby prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of
mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love of Me.”
Diary 742 Servants of the Divine Mercy
TOTAL ………………………….3,733
Pss I
(287)
Fr. GM
Fr. ET
Fr. OM
Fr. OM
Fr. OM
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
Fr. JG
Fr. OM
Fr. GM
Regular Collection:
Building Debt Reduction:
Rice Bowl:
Fr. Ernie B’Day –Bldg fund:
Social Services Ministry:
$ 15,340.69
$ 1,486.37
$
96.85
$ 1,539.00
$
17.00
Total of Collections :
$ 18,479.91
Please make out checks in Black or Blue ink only.
Favor de escribir cheques con tinta negra o azul solamente.
Loan Balance:
$ 662,000.38
Thanks to Everyone From Father Ernie
Thank you to everyone who participated in my birthday celebration this Sunday past. Your gifts to the building fund are especial appreciated.
Your thoughts and prayers in memory of my father are also very
much appreciated by me and my family, thank you very much
for your consideration.
Fr. Ernie
Gracias a todos que participaron en la celebración de mi cumpleaños este pasado domingo.
También agradezco profundamente sus pensamientos y oraciones en memoria de mi padre.
P. Ernesto
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER / QUINTO DOMINGO DE PASCUA
FRIDAY, April 29
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
-Continued-
Cenáculo DM (Exodus, Leviticus)
Renovacion— (Nazareth)
Renovacion— (Capernaum)
Cuidado de Ninos de Renovacion (Pentateuch, Genesis)
First Communion Practice- Saturday/Pre Teens Students
SATURDAY, April 30
SUNDAY, April 24
7:45
8:00
9:45
9:45
10:00
11:45
2:00
2:00
2:00
4:00
6:00
6:30
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Faith Formation—(FF Center & Portables)
Toddlers (Genesis)
Faith Formation–(FF Center & Potables)
Sunday Concessions – Fund Raising Committee
Toddlers (Genesis)
Formación de Fe—(Centro de FF & Portables)
African Community Revival (Church Grounds)
Pre Confirmation—(Nazareth)
Confirmation—(Capernaum)
Youth Ministry (Nazareth)
Filipino Fellowship (SFH)
Coro del PREP (Capernaum)
9:00
10:00
11:30
12:00
3:30
5:00
5:00
6:30
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
1st Communions (Sunday Students) (Church)
Bible Classes (Bethany)
DM Cenacle (Bethany)
1st Communions (Saturday/Pre Teens) (Church)
Confessions (Church)
Misa Agape de Alianza (SFH)
No Ministerio Nazaret (Nazareth)
Casitas de Oracion (Pentateuch, Leviticus)
SUNDAY, May 1
9:45
2:00
2:00
4:00
6:00
6:30
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Sunday Concessions –
Pre Confirmation—(Nazareth)
Confirmation—(Capernaum)
Youth Ministry (Nazareth)
English Fellowship (SFH)
Coro del PREP (Capernaum)
MONDAY, April 25
5:30
5:30
6:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Sport Group—Chelsea (Fields)
Devotion to Saint Joseph (Church)
Youth Group (9-12 grade) (Nazareth)
Cenaculos de la DM (Capernaum)
Confessions (Church)
English Intercessory (Altar Room)
Renovación—Seminario (Iglesia)
Cuidados de Niño's de Renovacion (Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus)
Please support our Sunday Concessions
Concessions for this Sunday April 24, Concessions by the
comunidad Fund Raising, and on Sunday May 1, Concessions by the Volunteers. Please continue supporting our
Sunday Concessions and help our church.
TUESDAY, April 26
11:30
5:30
5:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Método Natural Billings (Pentateuco, Génesis)
Sport Groups– U-90, Inter and Dynamos (Fields)
Devotion to Saint Anthony (Church)
Columbian Squires (Emmaus)
Practica de Coro de Niños (Exodus)
English Choir (Genesis)
Renovación– Caminando con Jesús (Nazareth)
Alianza Juvenil (Bethany)
Cuidados de Ninos de Renovacion (Pentateuch, Genesis)
Renovacion– Todo lo puedo en Cristo (Capernaum)
WEDNESDAY, April 27
11:00
5:15
6:30
7:00
7:00
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Ladies Altar Society (SFH)
Holy Rosary and Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Church)
Youth Group (6-8th grade)- (Exodus)
Pre—Confirmation—(Nazareth)
Confirmation—(Capernaum)
Jóvenes de Renovación (Bethany)
Practica de Lectores (Leviticus)
Confessions (Church)
Asamblea de Oracion Parroquial (Iglesia)
THURSDAY, April 28
10:0
5:30
5:30
7:00
7:30
7:30
7:30
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Cenáculo DM (Nazareth)
Sport Groups –Chelsea, U-90, Inter and Dynamos (Fields)
Devotion to Saint Jude (Church)
RCIA / RICA (FF Center, Nazareth, Bethany & SFH)
First Communion Practice-Sunday Students (Church)
Practica del Coro Shalom (Capernaum)
Portadores de Misericordia (Emmaus)
FRIDAY, April 29
8:30 AM
10:00 AM
5:00 PM
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (Church and Chapel) until 3:30 PM
DM Jubilee Meeting (Pentateuch)
Junta de Guadalupanos (Emmaus)
Anointing of the Sick
If you or a member of your family are in the hospital, and
need a priest URGENTLY, please contact the hospital’s
Pastoral Care Department or the Catholic Hospital Chaplain to call a minister or priest. Otherwise call the Church
office for one of our priests to visit your loved one in the
hospital. Also call to schedule a Lay Eucharistic Minister
to visit and give communion to your sick loved one at
home on a regular basis. Please call the parish office
during office hours for any emergency. Or call the
parish office number after office hours to obtain our
emergency numbers. Please use church after hours
emergency numbers for urgent pastoral needs only.
Unción de Enfermos
Si por alguna razón usted o algún miembro de su familia
se encuentra internado en el hospital, y necesitan ver a un
sacerdote inmediatamente, le pedimos que notifique al
departamento de Cuidado Pastoral o el Capellán del
Hospital. También pueden hablar a la oficina de la parroquia si gusta que uno de los sacerdotes vaya a visitar a
sus enfermos en el Hospital. Después de las horas de trabajo, llamen al numero de la iglesia para obtener el numero de emergencia de la parroquia por cualquier necesidad urgente. Favor de usar estos números solo para
EMERGENCIAS!
DIVINE MERCY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC CHURCH
MESQUITE, TX
SCAP Prayer Leaders /
CDAS Líderes de la Oración
PARISH RENEWAL COMMUNITIES
For Next Weekend / Próximo Fin de Semana
The New Hope Covenant Community is now receiving a series of
community teachings On Christian Maturity.
Sixth Sunday of Easter /
Sexto Domingo de Pascua
April 30 and May 1, 2016
Mass
Prayer Leaders
Sat. 5:00 PM
Vivian and Jim Abalos
Sun. 8:00 AM
Orly and Lena Euperio
Sun. 10:00 AM
Carlos and Helen Lovato
Sun. 6:30 PM
Ted Perez and Tessie Dizon
Sab. 7:00 PM
Carlos y Mary Patino
Dom. 12:00PM
Mario Méndez y Isabel Carpio
Dom. 2:00 PM
Carlos y Alejandra Egure
Dom. 8:00 PM
José y Raquel Ocaña
COMUNIDADES CRISTIANAS DEL PREP
Sexto Domingo de Pascua
Dom. 12:00 PM
Dom. 2:00 PM
Dom. 7:30 PM
Lectores/Comentaristas
Monaguillos
1. Carlos Pezzini
t.
2. Zaida Esquivel
1.
C. Graciela Pezzini
2.
1. Juan Carlos Zapata
t.
Sun. 10:00 AM
Sun. 6:00 PM
Liturgy of the Hours
2. Mario Zamora
1.
Iniciando la Semana del
C. Cyntya Vázquez
2.
1. María Aguilar
t.
24 de Abril , 2016
Pss I
April 24, 2016
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2. Jesús Aguilar
1.
C. Isabel Ortega
2.
1. Gerardo Salinas
t.
2. Liliana García
1.
C. María Juárez
2.
The following devotions are being prayed before the evening mass
each day following the Holy Rosary. We invite everyone to participate.
Monday-for St. Joseph at 5:30 PM
Tuesdays-St. Anthony of Padua at 5:30 PM
Wednesday– Our Lady of Perpetual Help 5:15PM
Thursdays-St. Jude at 5:30 PM
Fridays—Sacred Heart Devotion 5:30 PM
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sun. 8:00 AM
Liturgia de las Horas
For the week beginning
April 30 and May 1, 2016
Sat. 5:00 PM
A todos los hermanos del PREP se les recuerda que hablen a sus
dirigentes para que les proporcionen el calendario del mes de Abril
2016. Los Encabezados del PREP quieren darles gracias a todos los
hermanos que participaron y cooperaron en la celebración del
Cumpleaños del Padre Ernesto, el Domingo pasado, 17 de Abril.
El P. Ernie también quiere expresar su profundo agradecimiento a todos. La celebración fue un gran éxito. Gracias a todos!
Próxima Hora Santa de Jubileo de la Misericordia es el 13 de
Mayo, de 2016.
Altar Ministers for Next Weekend
Mass
Everyone is strongly exhorted to participate in the next Praise
and Worship Assembly with healing on Friday, May 20.
There will be no Holy Hour w/ Praise and Worship on April
29.
30 de Abril de 1 de Mayo de, 2016
Misa
Remember the next English Agape Mass is Sunday, May 8, 2016.
All Basic Christian Communities are encouraged to attend.
There will be a Holy Hour of Mercy with Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament until midnight on Friday May 27, 2016.
Ministros del Altar para el Próximo Fin de Semana
Sab. 7:00 PM
April 24, 2016
Lectors/Commentators
Altar Servers
1. Lynn Lewis
1. Joseph Balilis
2. Hazel Gomez
2. Jessica Villarreal
C. Melissa Villarreal
3. Jacob Villarreal
1. Ron Didier
1. Isaac Placido
2. Roger Fulton
2. Yari Elias
C. Harry Engle
3. Marissa Martinez
1. Bong Reyes
1. AR Chaim Gillego
2. Sylvia Sandoval -Baiz
2. Emediong Asuquo
C. Venus Munoz
3. April Okafor
1. Rigo Castillo
1. Lawrence Evangelista
2. Adamari Zamora
2. Annika Hernandez
C. Belén Martinez
3. Anthony Oneydinma
Prayers for the Sick / Oraciones Por los Enfermos
Let us pray for all the sick in our Parish and for their families who
are caring for them presently, Oremos por los enfermos de nuestra
parroquia, en especial por /especially Phelana Foster, Lupita
Galindo, Dulce Silva, Martha García, Dolores Rico, Alicia Mejia,
Yulianne Robles, Andrew Foster, Richard Shultz, Annabelle Jasmin
and Guadalupe Luis.
God bless and heal all our sick. May He strengthen them in their
weakness, and may He bear with them their infirmities. Amen
Fr. Ernie
Prayers for the Deceased / Oraciones Por los Difuntos
Let us also pray for those who recently passed away, especially for
Msgr. Mario Magbanua +, Angelita Padilla +, Jose Luis Bastidas + and
Hector Esparza +, También, remos por las personas que recientemente
han fallecido.
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER / QUINTO DOMINGO DE PASCUA
Annual Planning Meeting
May 14, 2016
9:00 am—3:00 pm
Lunch will be provided.
It is very important that all groups using
church facilities attend this meeting and
bring your calendars.
ANNOUNCING THE 2016
ANNUAL
DIVINE MERCY FESTIVAL
June 25 and 26, 2016
On the Parish Grounds
Everyone is invited to participate
Calendars will not be provided.
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
2016 First Communion
Food—Games– Fun
First Communion Practice
Thursday April 28, 2016 at 7:30 for
Saturday and Pre-Teen students.
Friday April 29, 2016 7:30 PM Sunday
Students
First Communion Sacrament
Saturday April 30, 2016
9:00 AM for Sunday Students
Saturday April 30, 2016 12:00 Noon
for Saturday Students and Pre-Teens
Raffle for a 2016 Ford ESCAPE
ANUNCIAMOS EL
FESTIVAL ANUAL 2016 DE LA
DIVINA MISERICORDIA
25 y 26 de Junio de 2016
En los terrenos de la parroquia
Attention Youth ages 13-17
Todos están invitados a participar
Youth Group Meetings Continue
Por favor hagan planes para asistir
Youth Lifes
Comida-Juegos-Diversión
Sundays
Youth Life 4:00pm
Youth Eucharistic Adoration
3rd Sunday of the Month 7:00pm
Rifa de un 2016 Ford ESCAPE
Youth Ministry Weeknights
AFLAME Monday 7pm-8:30pm:
High School Grades 9-12
In the Nazareth Room
Wednesday 7pm-8:30pm:
IGNITE Middle School Grades 6-8
In Saint Faustina Hall
For Registration and more information, contact
our Youth Ministry Coordinator,
Angelo Penuela at (469) 878-0907
or email at
[email protected]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much
greater hunger, a much greater
poverty than the person who
has nothing to eat.
-Mother Teresa
"The proof of love is in the
works. Where love exists, it
works great things. But when it
ceases to act, it ceases to exist."
--Pope St. Gregory the Great
"Our Lord loves you and loves
you tenderly; and if He does
not let you feel the sweetness
of His love, it is to make you
more humble and abject in
your own eyes."
--St. Pio of Pietrelcino
Charity is the sweet and holy
bond which links the soul with
its Creator: it binds God with
man and man with God.
--Saint Catherine of Siena
New
Divine Mercy
App
We have recently set up an App for Divine
Mercy of Our Lord.
Included are mass and confession times as
well as confession aids. We now have a
place for messages concerning the parish,
that everyone can access.
Go to myparish.com and get the app
Or text App to 88202 to download
Select Divine Mercy of Our Lord
There is no charge for this App
"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to
run by running, to work by
working, and just so, you learn
to love by loving. All those
who think to learn in any other
way deceive themselves."
--St. Francis de Sales
"There is no place for selfishness—and no place for fear!
Do not be afraid, then, when
love makes demands. Do not
be afraid when love requires
sacrifice"
--Pope John Paul II
Love takes up where knowledge
leaves off.
--Saint Thomas Aquinas
DIVINE MERCY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC
MESQUITE, TX
April 24, 2016
EXHORTACIÓN APOSTÓLICA POSTSINODAL
AMORIS LÆTITIA (La Alegría del Amor)
Papa Francisco
POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
AMORIS LÆTITIA (Joy of Love)
Pope Francis
TUS HIJOS COMO BROTES DE OLIVO
YOUR CHILDREN ARE AS THE SHOOTS O f a n O l i v e T r e e
14.Retomemos el canto del Salmista. Allí apa-recen, dentro de la
casa donde el hombre y su esposa están sentados a la mesa, los hijos
que los acompañan «como brotes de olivo» es decir, llenos de
energía y de vitalidad. Si los padres son como los fundamentos de
la casa, los hijos son como las «piedras vivas» de la familia. Es
significativo que en el Antiguo Testamento la palabra que aparece
más veces después de la divina (YHWH, el «Señor») es «hijo» (beti),
un vocablo que remite al verbo hebreo que significa
«construir» (banafí). Por eso, en el Salmo 127 se exalta el don de
los hijos con imágenes que se refieren tanto a la edificación de una
casa, como a la vida social y comercial que se desarro-llaba en la
puerta de la ciudad: «Si el Señor no construye la casa, en vano se
cansan los albañiles; la herencia que da el Señor son los hijos; su sa
-lario, el fruto del vientre: son saetas en mano de un guerrero los
hijos de la juventud; dichoso el hombre que llena con ellas su aljaba: no quedará derrotado cuando litigue con su adversario en la
pla2a». Es verdad que estas imágenes reflejan la cultura de una
sociedad antigua, pero la presencia de los hijos es de todos modos
un signo de plenitud de la familia en la continuidad de la misma
historia de salvación, de generación en generación.
14. Let us once more take up the song of the Psalmist. In the home
where husband and wife are seated at table, children appear at their
side "like olive shoots" that is, full of energy and vitality. If the
parents are in some sense the foundations of the home, the
chil-dren are like the "living stones" of the family. Significantly, the word which appears most frequently in the Old
Testament after the name of God (YHWH, "the Lord"), is
"child" (ben, "son"), which is itself related to the verb "to
build" (banah). Hence, Psalm 128, in speaking of the gift of
children, uses imagery drawn from the building of a house and the
social life of cities: "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who
build it labour in vain... Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb, a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a
warrior are the sons of one's youth. Happy is the man who has
his quiver full of them! He shall not be put to shame when he
speaks with his enemies in the gate". These images reflect the
culture of an ancient society, yet the presence of children is a
sign of the continuity of the family throughout salvation history,
from generation to generation.
15. Bajo esta luz podemos recoger otra dimensión de la familia.
Sabemos que en el Nuevo Tes-tamento se habla de «la iglesia que
se reúne en la casa». El espacio vital de una familia se podía transformar en iglesia doméstica, en sede de la Eucaristía, de la presencia de Cristo sentado a la misma mesa. Es inolvidable la escena
pintada en el Apocalip-sis: «Estoy a la puerta llamando: si alguien
oye y me abre, entraré y comeremos juntos». Así se delinea una
casa que lleva en su interior la presencia de Dios, la oración común
y, por tanto, la bendición del Señor. Es lo que se afirma en el Salmo
128 que tomamos como base: «Que el Señor te bendiga desde
Sión».
16. La Biblia considera también a la familia como la sede de la catequesis de los hijos. Eso brilla en la descripción de la celebración
pascual, y luego fue explicitado en la haggadah judía, o sea, en la
narración dialógica que acompaña el rito de la cena pascual. Más
aún, un Salmo exalta el anuncio familiar de la fe: «Lo que oímos y
aprendimos, lo que nues-tros padres nos contaron, no lo ocultaremos a sus hijos, lo contaremos a la futura generación: las alabanzas
del Señor, su poder, las maravillas que realizo. Porque él estableció
una norma para Jacob, dio una ley a Israel: él mandó a nuestros
padres que lo enseñaran a sus hijos, para que lo supiera la generación siguiente, y los hijos que nacieran después. Que surjan y lo
cuenten a sus hijos » . Por lo tanto, la familia es el lu-gar donde los
padres se convierten en los prime-ros maestros de la fe para sus
hijos. Es una tarea artesanal, de persona a persona: «Cuando el día
de mañana tu hijo te pregunte [...] le responderás... ». Así, las distintas generaciones entonarán su canto al Señor, «los jóvenes y también las doncellas, los viejos junto con los niños».
AMORIS LÆTITIA
DEL SANTO PADRE
FRANCISCO
SOBRE EL AMOR EN LA FAMILIA
15. Here too, we can see another aspect of the family. We know
that the New Testament speaks of "churches that meet in
homes". A family's living space could turn into a domestic
church, a setting for the Eucharist, the presence of Christ seated
at its table. We can never forget the image found in the Book of
Revelation, where the Lord says: "Behold, I stand at the door
and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will
come in to him and eat with him, and he with me". Here we see
a home filled with the presence of God, common prayer and
every blessing. This is the meaning of the conclusion of Psalm
128, which we cited above: "Thus shall the man be blessed who
fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion!".
16. The Bible also presents the family as the place where children are brought up in the faith. This is evident from the description of the Pass-over celebration and it later appears explicitly in
the Jewish haggadah, the dialogue accompanying the rite of the
Passover meal. One of the Psalms celebrates the proclamation of faith within families: "All that we have heard and
known, that our fathers have told us, we will not hide from their
chil-dren, but tell to the coming generation the glo-rious deeds
of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders which he has
wrought. He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a
law in Is-rael, which he commanded our fathers to teach to
their children; that the next generation might know them, the
children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children".
The family is thus the place where parents become their children's first teachers in the faith. They learn this "trade", passing
it down from one per-son to another: "When in time to come
your son asks you... You shall say to him..".
Thus succeeding generations can raise their song to the Lord:
"young men and maidens together, old and young together!".
AMORIS LÆTITIA
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON LOVE IN THE FAMILY