Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: May 12 2011 at 7:25pm | IP Logged Quote Angie Mc
The Catholic Answer Question of the Day for Thursday, May 12, 2011

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What is the domestic Church?

Q. I heard the term domestic Church. What does that mean?

A. Here’s a reply from Father Reginald Martin:

One nuptial blessing calls marriage “the one blessing … not forfeited by original sin or washed away by the flood.” It continues, asking God to bless the married couple, allowing them “to see their children’s children” and to grant them “fullness of life with the saints.”

Here is a picture of the “domestic Church.” It is the Christian family that lives, proclaims, and — by sharing Christ’s example from generation to generation — shines like the scriptural city on a hill, often, as the Catechism of the CatholicChurch reminds us, “in a world alien and even hostile to faith” (No. 1656).

“Domestic Church” is an ancient term. The Second Vatican Council embraced it to describe the vocation of parents as “the first heralds of the faith with regard to their children” (No. 1656). “It is here that the father … the mother, children … exercise the priesthood of the baptized … ‘by reception of the sacraments, prayer, and … the witness of a holy life’” (No. 1657).

St. Paul preached that marriage is a sign of Christ’s love for the Church (see Eph 5:29-32). The family is the fruit of that love. If we lacked other signs of what the Church looks like, we could look at the Christian family to see Christ’s love animating and transforming the world.


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