We learned from our Cathechism class during our formative years that "The father is the PRIEST of the HOME.".
Being the priest of the home doesn't only require the father to merely encourage his family to attend mass every Sunday. What matters most is how he teaches his kids to live according to the teachings of the church. It is the father's responsibility to lead his family to Christ by living as a good example. It is seen by how he lovingly treats his parents, siblings, wife, and children; how he deals with other people with respect and honesty; how he exercises the virtues that he believes are right to do. He should walk his talk.
Fatherhood is more than providing food on the family's table and giving his family a comfortable life. It is a sacred vocation with great responsibility. How the kids will grow and become in the future not just depend on the influence of the mother but the father too.
Let me share with you A Father's Prayer. All fathers need God's guidance to make them the best father that they could be.
Being the priest of the home doesn't only require the father to merely encourage his family to attend mass every Sunday. What matters most is how he teaches his kids to live according to the teachings of the church. It is the father's responsibility to lead his family to Christ by living as a good example. It is seen by how he lovingly treats his parents, siblings, wife, and children; how he deals with other people with respect and honesty; how he exercises the virtues that he believes are right to do. He should walk his talk.
Fatherhood is more than providing food on the family's table and giving his family a comfortable life. It is a sacred vocation with great responsibility. How the kids will grow and become in the future not just depend on the influence of the mother but the father too.
Let me share with you A Father's Prayer. All fathers need God's guidance to make them the best father that they could be.
Oh God, help me to be true to the great privilege and great responsibility which you have given to me. Help me to be an example and a friend to my children, an a real partner to my wife.
Don't let me get so busy with work and with outside things that I am almost a stranger in my own home, and that I take no interest in household things. Don't let me take for granted all that is done for me, and help me to keep love alive within the home.
Keep me from habits which make the work of the house harder, and from ways which irritate and annoy, or which get on the nerves of those who live with me.
Give me health and strength and work to do, to earn a living for those who depend on me and whom I love so much; but help me to remember that love is always more important than money.
O God, You have given me the name of father; you have given me Your own name; help me to be true to it.
This I ask for Your love's sake. Amen.
Adapted from: My Travel Companion "A Prayer Book for All"
Adapted from: My Travel Companion "A Prayer Book for All"
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