It is important that we celebrate Fathers' Day well! Dads are important and sadly their role in many people's lives is underdeveloped or under-appreciated.
Take some time to day to show love and prayer for those fathers in your life: parents, priests, grandparents, and those who have gone before us that have played a role in fathering us. As Christians we can ask for the prayers of the father of Jesus in a special way to pray for our own fathers.
When I was in college there was this twice than life-size statue of Saint Joseph that said "Joseph, father of Jesus, be our father". I think this is an important prayer and an idea one that is often overlooked: as we are brothers and sisters of Jesus we can also ask Joseph to be our father-figure by asking for his prayer and support. He went through the same struggles and joys that all fathers experience and he is our model for what it means to be a holy father; we can learn so much from a man who never says a word in the Gospels!
And to my dad who takes the time to read my random ministerial musings...thank you dad for being an amazing role-model and father and continuing to teach me so much in both word and actions. I love you.
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