He will go before him to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children.
Lk.1:17
The Angel Gabriel breaks the astounding news to Zechariah that he and Elizabeth are to bear a son who will be great in preparing a people fit for the Lord. What will be the sign that the people are prepared? Fathers hearts will be turned to their children.
I was walking through a central city park yesterday and came across a group of young people loitering under trees for no apparent purpose. A bivouac had been made under the branches of a tree, it's walls made from supermarket trolleys. The place had the appearance of a refugee camp, which in a way it was.
I had the sense these young people were abandoned and left to their own devices. They were fatherless. It strikes me that if there is a "silver bullet" to resolve the ills of western society, it is the turning of the hearts of fathers back to their children. I would add this starts by fathers loving the mothers of their children.
The Holy Family is a role model for what a family is to look like. Dad loving Mum loving Kids.
Mary, Jesus and Joseph please pray for us.
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