Reflections on the Family: Family Wounds: “Do we feel the weight of the mountain that crushes the soul of a child”

By Inside the Vatican Staff

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Good morning! In the last catecheses we spoke about the family that lives the frailties of the human condition: poverty, sickness, death. Today, instead, we reflect on the wounds that are opened in fact within the family’s coexistence. When, that is, harm is done in the family itself — a most awful thing!

We are well aware that no moments are lacking in any family history in which the intimacy of dearest affections is offended by the behavior of its members. Words and actions (and omissions!) that, instead of expressing love, subtract or, even worse still, mortify it. …read more

Source:: Vatican News 2

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