This year Brazil’s National Family Week presents the theme “It is a time of jubilation in our life” and the motto “And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us” (Rom 5:5). The biblical reflection echoes the Jubilee of Hope, rekindling in families their vocation and mission to bear witness to grace and to the gift of loving. In this vocational month, the Christian family opens paths

Having the Holy Face at home is a daily invitation to look at Jesus — and to let Him look at us. The psalmist prays: “Your face, Lord, do I seek! Do not hide your face from me” (Ps 27:8-9). The whole Christian life is this search for the face of God, who showed himself to us in the face of Jesus. According to the tradition of the devotion, Our Lord promised Sister Mary of Saint Peter to bless in a special way the families in whose homes His Face is venerated. It is not a char

No prayer is ever lost. The Church has saints who were born of the tears of parents who did not give up. In the book of Job, we see a father who rose early to offer sacrifices for each of his children (Job 1:5). He did not control their lives, but he never stopped presenting them to God. Saint Monica prayed for years for the conversion of her son Augustine, who became a saint, a bishop and a Doctor of the Church. When the pain of seeing a child far from God grows heavy, remem

The family table can be the first altar of the home. One minute of prayer before meals changes the atmosphere of the house.