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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 63 - Sunday, May 17, 2020

“Family and Work”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
How does your personal and family life balance? How did they work
together before the pandemic? You might want to put family first, but maybe
work demands so much that it is not possible. We all want some form of work-
life balance.

Looking back on your life, in this pandemic, with more time for family life,
you might tell yourself: “Wow! I am experiencing something that I would not
like to lose. I wish my family could really be a lasting priority in my life.”
Unfortunately, the ‘normal’ will come back, even if it is a new ‘normal’. Work
will get back its usual dimension, its usual hold on our life! How can we help
each other as a society to prioritize, to really give to the family the importance
it is due? Family is important and so is work! Juggling with both how can we
maintain family as a priority?
One way, there are others of course, is to open our eyes to Sunday as family
day. Have a day in the week when all family members can stop and be together.
FAMILY DAY!
If we could nurture this family day with things we practice in our own
family or maybe promote it around us and in society, the recognition of our
need to belong to the family could grow. We would highlight the importance
of the family in our personal lives, but also in society as a whole. Let’s not
forget that family is the cell of society.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 74