{"id":17561,"date":"2016-04-14T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=17561"},"modified":"2016-04-14T05:39:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:39:05","slug":"bostons-cardinal-sean-p-omalleys-statement-on-apostolic-exhortation-of-pope-francis-amoris-laetitia-on-love-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2016\/04\/14\/bostons-cardinal-sean-p-omalleys-statement-on-apostolic-exhortation-of-pope-francis-amoris-laetitia-on-love-in-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston's Cardinal Se\u00e1n P. O\u2019Malley's Statement on Apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, \"Amoris Laetitia, On Love in the Family\""},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are grateful to our Holy Father, Pope Francis for the gift of his Apostolic exhortation \u201cAmoris Laetitia, On Love in the Family.\u201d\u00a0 He has given us a lengthy and significant teaching on the Joy of Love.\u00a0 This is a document that demands a careful reading and reflection from Catholics everywhere, and it is sure to bear great fruit.\u00a0 Pope Francis shows himself to be the gentle, merciful pastor who urges us all to take the time to meditate on the importance of families, for as he says, “The welfare of the family is decisive for the future of the world and that of the Church.\u201d (AL 31)<\/div>\n
Amoris Laetitia brings together the deliberations of the two Synods on the family convoked by Pope Francis in 2014 and 2015, and draws on a long history of Church teaching.\u00a0 This Apostolic Exhortation numbers over three hundred twenty five paragraphs, and it is not intended to be read and implemented too hastily.\u00a0 In the introduction to the document, Pope Francis notes that no one should rush through reading the text, but that the greatest benefit will come if each part is read \u201cpatiently and carefully\u201d, paying particular attention to those parts dealing with the specific needs of the reader. (AL 7)\u00a0 Rather than try to draw immediate conclusions from the text, we are urged to reflect upon it and to ponder, patiently and carefully, what the teachings will mean for the Church and for her ministry to families.<\/div>\n
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During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, in which the Church celebrates the love and unending mercy of God, Amoris Laetitia is a joyful invitation for families to live the works of mercy and to receive the gift of God\u2019s healing where there is sin and brokenness.\u00a0 As he has done time and again, Pope Francis challenges us to approach the weak with compassion, to \u201center into the reality of other people\u2019s lives and to know the power of tenderness.\u201d (AL 308) It is my fervent desire that we will read Amoris Laetitia patiently and carefully, so as to benefit from the richness of its teaching.<\/p>\n