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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 64 - Monday, May 18, 2020

“To Serve” in the Church and in the World

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The family, as a cell of society and of the Church, is called to serve beyond
itself. It is called to serve in the Church and in society.
Where do you see your family in this vision of the Church and society?
How can we recognize again that we do exist not only as individual persons or
as individual families but as part of society? Somehow the cells in a body are
connected to one another, need one another. Likewise, the family as a cell, the
cell of society, also needs the body of society, as well as the body of the Church.

While we are thinking about deconfinement, we might look again at our
participation in social life and in the life of the Church, and what it means. We
might do this because society is an important dimension of our lives. Human
beings are social beings who are made to live in relationships. We might want
to look at our role in the Church also, our commitment within the Church,
because God is important in our personal, family and social lives. The fact that
people who share the same faith can come together to form a community and
grow in faith is important. To grow in communion with people is important.
We might grow in our commitment to society because the Church is involved
in society.

During this pandemic let us find a new motivation to get involved in
society and in the Church.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 75