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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day #37 – Tuesday, April 21, 2020

“It’s Good that You Exist”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The pandemic is forcing us, in our various homes, to be together, or
perhaps, alone. But for this message let us think about “being together”. The
pandemic requires us to be together as a couple, as a family, as brother and
sister, as parents and children. At some point, we may get tired of being so
close to each other, almost on top of each other. But at the same time, perhaps
it has created an opportunity to rethink our approach towards “being together”.

Couldn’t this be an opportunity for each of us to take another look at what
we believe in? Couldn’t it be an chance to say, “I believe in us as a couple”, “I
believe in our family”, “I believe in the relationship I have as a parent with this
child, or as a child with this parent”? Use this situation of time together as an
opportunity to both broaden and deepen our faith in family, the relationships
within our family, and our family ties. And wouldn’t it be a gift to come out of
the ordeal of the pandemic as a closer family when our daily lives have been
turned upside down?

And when we believe, when we believe in our couple, when we believe in
our family, when we believe in the ties that unite us, isn’t it also time to say, to
really say, not only in word and in deed, but to say to each other as a couple, as
parents-children, children-parents, to say to each other from the heart, in all
sincerity, “It is good that you exist.” “I believe in our relationship, it is good
that you exist,” “I believe in our family, it is good that you exist”. “I’m glad you
exist.”

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 48