“We find God’s life in learning to love our families well.“
The opening lines of Colossians put forward a beautiful reminder of our call to family life. We are invited to put on compassion and kindness, humility and gentleness, patience and forgiveness. The reading assumes we will fail and try again, learning to love by loving. Our families are a gift of God, drawing us into the practices of love, filling us with opportunities to practice virtues. Celebrate with your family this week the ways by which you love each other well. And name an area or two in which you’d like God to help you grow as a family.
“Jesus, Son of God, and of Mary and of Joseph, brother of us all, you became a member of the human family so we could all be members of God’s eternal family. Make our families schools of love. Heal our wounds and draw us deeper into your grace. Amen.“
Taken from the CCCB-Reflection
