"Honor your father and your mother." With this commandment, the Lord revealed the importance and great dignity of family life. The family, which is an icon of the Trinity, is designed to be our first experience of love, and as the domestic Church, the family teaches us how to make a loving and joyful gift of self for others. This session will explore the purpose of family life in the plan of God.
Read and Study: United States Catholic Catechism for Adults Chapter 28 (pgs. 373-365)
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