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At Opening Mass of Ordinary Synod’s General Assembly, Pope Reaffirms Church’s Role to Defend Values, Marriage, Life
‘This is God’s dream for His beloved Creation: to see it fulfilled in the loving union between a man and a woman, rejoicing in their shared journey, fruitful in their mutual gift of self.’
These were the words of Pope Francis today during his homily at the opening Mass for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: ‘The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world.’
The Pope began his homily telling the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica that today’s readings “seem to have been chosen precisely for this moment of grace which the Church is experiencing”: this Synod of Bishops on the family, and how they center on three themes: solitude, love between man and woman, and the family.
Solitude
The Holy Father began by recalling that Adam’s loneliness prompted God to send him Eve, ‘a helper,’ and went on to say how in today’s society, many experience similar feelings of solitude.
“Today we experience the paradox of a globalized world filled with luxurious mansions and skyscrapers, but a lessening of the warmth of homes and families; many ambitious plans and projects, but little time to enjoy them,” he said, with “many sophisticated means of entertainment, but a deep and growing interior emptiness; many pleasures, but few loves; many liberties, but little freedom…”
At Opening Mass of Ordinary Synod’s General Assembly, Pope Reaffirms Church’s Role to Defend Values, Marriage, Life
‘This is God’s dream for His beloved Creation: to see it fulfilled in the loving union between a man and a woman, rejoicing in their shared journey, fruitful in their mutual gift of self.’
These were the words of Pope Francis today during his homily at the opening Mass for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: ‘The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world.’
The Pope began his homily telling the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica that today’s readings “seem to have been chosen precisely for this moment of grace which the Church is experiencing”: this Synod of Bishops on the family, and how they center on three themes: solitude, love between man and woman, and the family.
Solitude
The Holy Father began by recalling that Adam’s loneliness prompted God to send him Eve, ‘a helper,’ and went on to say how in today’s society, many experience similar feelings of solitude.
“Today we experience the paradox of a globalized world filled with luxurious mansions and skyscrapers, but a lessening of the warmth of homes and families; many ambitious plans and projects, but little time to enjoy them,” he said, with “many sophisticated means of entertainment, but a deep and growing interior emptiness; many pleasures, but few loves; many liberties, but little freedom…”