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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 39 - Thursday, April 23, 2020

“A Trick Question”

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Dear Families,
One question, maybe it is a trick question, are you a domestic church?
What is a domestic church? Alright, I will rephrase the question, are you a
family where there is love? Are you a family where love is mutual? Are you a
family where love grows? A family that shares, a family that is flourishing? This
the first element of a domestic church! It is still interesting!

Now for the second question: are you a family that prays, a family where
there is prayer? We are talking about personal prayer, yes, but also of a family
where we pray together. This is another aspect of the dimension of family life.
Are you a family that prays, is your family a house of prayer? Maybe to a small
degree, or a large one, but is prayer present in your family life?

Question three: Are you a family that serves? Through work in the world,
through service in the Church, through volunteering in various community
organizations. Are you a family that acts as a cell of society, as a cell of the
Church?
If you are a family where there is love, if you are a family that prays, if you
are a family that serves in society, in the Church, you are a domestic church!
Does this domestic church need to grow? Everything needs to grow; every-
thing is called to grow. Is it perfect? Nothing is perfect! Grow with the desire,
the desire to be a communion of persons, a communion which is rooted in
prayer, and which is at the service of humanity, of the Church, of society. And
in society and in the Church, if being a domestic church means to grow as a
family, are you a domestic church?

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 50