CONSTITUTION
DAY
Luke, Chapter 7, Verse 16
Fear seized them all, and they
glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God
has visited his people.”
This was said after Jesus had raised the widow’s son
in Nain. There exists no better model for Godly leadership than our Lord.
Everything he spoke he did. He had compassion on the high and the low. He had
compassion on this poor widow. He looked around him and where he saw misery; he
acted. He healed the sick, cast out evil spirits and raised the dead. They came
to Him broken and empty and He filled them with faith, hope and love as well as
taking physical action to help with their suffering. His focus was to restore
the widow her son: to restore the family which is the true tabernacle of the
Holy Spirit.
Families
face many problems in raising children. Parents come home exhausted, not
wanting to talk, and many families no longer even share a common meal. Distractions
abound, including an addiction to television. Families often seem more caught
up with securing their future than with enjoying the present with each other.
This is a broader cultural problem, aggravated by fears about steady
employment, finances and the futures of children.
·
Many families are entrenched in drug use, one of the scourges
of our time, causing immense suffering and are a major cause of the breakup of
many families. The same is true of alcoholism, gambling and other addictions. Families
at risk “lose the ability to act to help their families and children and many
children are orphans of living parents. There is violence within families which
breeds new forms of social aggression which causes a breeding-ground of
resentment and hatred in the most basic human relationships.
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In the world there is a failure to realize that only the exclusive
and indissoluble union between a man and a woman is the greatest measure to
creating a stable society that bears fruit in new life. No union that is
temporary or closed to the transmission of life can ensure the future of an
abundant society.
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Almost universally people have the practice of living together
before marriage, as well as having a type of cohabitation which totally
excludes any intention to marry. The strength of the family “lies in its
capacity to love and to teach how to love. For all a family’s problems, it can
always grow, beginning with love”.
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The verbal, physical, and sexual violence that women endure
in some marriages contradicts the very nature of the conjugal union. History is
burdened by the excesses of patriarchal cultures that considered women
inferior, yet in our own day, we cannot overlook the use of surrogate mothers
and “the exploitation and commercialization of the female body in the current
media culture. The equal dignity of men and women makes us rejoice to see old
forms of discrimination disappear, and within families there is a growing
reciprocity. If certain forms of feminism have arisen which we must consider
inadequate, we must nonetheless see in the women’s movement the working of the
Spirit for a clearer recognition of the dignity and rights of women.
Constitution
Day Facts & Quotes
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The
225th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution was celebrated in 2012. Of all
international constitutions written, the U.S. Constitution is the oldest and
shortest.
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The
Constitution is a short document with only 4,543 words before the amendments.
In contrast, the Bible is approximately 20 times longer, while Harry
Potter has approximately 70,000 more words.
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More
than 11,000 amendments have been proposed in Congress. However, only 27
amendments received approval to become official amendments to the Constitution.
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Today
is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now
have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #Love Wins -tweet by
President Barack Obama on June 26, 2015. This after US Supreme Court
ruled on this day that same-sex marriage is a right protected by the United
States Constitution.
“The Lord will
fight for you, and you have only to keep still.” Ex 14:14
Daily Devotions
[1] Pope Francis, Encyclical on Love.
[3]
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/questions-and-answers-about-marriage-and-same-sex-unions.cfm
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