YOUCAT Lesson 368
YOUCAT the catechism
for Catholic youth
368 What place does the
family have in God’s plan of creation?
A man and a woman who are married to each other form,
together with their children, a family.
God wills that the love of the spouses, if possible, should produce
children. These children, who are
entrusted to the protection and care of their parents, have the same dignity as
their parents. [2201-2206, 2249]
The Julia and Charles Brown children
singing welcoming songs to their visiting Aunt Margaret Racanelli. …..368
God himself, in the depths of the Trinity, is
communion. In the human sphere, the family
is the primordial image of communion.
The family is the unique school of living in relationships. Nowhere do children grow up as well as in an
intact family, in which they experience heartfelt affection, mutual respect,
and responsibility for one another.
Finally, faith grows in the family, too; the family is, the Church tells
us, a miniature church, a “domestic church”, the radiance of which should
invite others into this fellowship of faith, charity, and hope.
“The family is a necessary good for peoples, an
indispensable foundation for society and a great and lifelong treasure for
couples. It is a unique good for
children, who are meant to be the fruit of the love, of the total and generous
self-giving of their parents.” Pope
Benedict XVI, July 8, 2006
“The family that prays together, stays
together.” Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C,
Irish priest, promoter of the Rosary
“Tuberculosis and cancer are not the most terrible
sicknesses. I think that a much more
terrible sickness is to be unwanted and unloved.” Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
[2201-2206, 2249]
I. THE FAMILY IN GOD'S PLAN
The nature of the family
2201 The conjugal community is established upon the consent of the spouses. Marriage and the family are ordered to the good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. The love of the spouses and the begetting of children create among members of the same family personal relationships and primordial responsibilities. –Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition
2202 A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be considered the normal reference point by which the different forms of family relationship are to be evaluated. –CCC
2203 In creating man and woman, God instituted the human family and endowed it with its fundamental constitution. Its members are persons equal in dignity. For the common good of its members and of society, the family necessarily has manifold responsibilities, rights, and duties. –CCC
* The Christian family
2204 "The Christian family
constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and
for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church."( Familiaris Consortio 21; compare Lumen et Gentium 11.)9 It
is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in
the Church, as is evident in the New Testament. ( Compare Ephesians 5:21b: 4; Colossians 3:18-21; 1
Peter 3:1-7.)10 –CCC
2206 The relationships within the family bring an affinity of
feelings, affections and interests, arising above all from the members' respect
for one another. The family is a privileged community called to achieve a "sharing of
thought and common deliberation by the spouses as well as their eager
cooperation as parents in the children's upbringing."( Gaudium et Spes 52 § 1.)11 –CCC
IN BRIEF
2249 The conjugal community is established
upon the covenant and consent of the spouses. Marriage and family are ordered
to the good of the spouses, to the procreation and the education of children. --CCC
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