The document discusses God's plan for families, describing how God intended families to be places of transmission of life, teaching of children, and domestic churches. However, it notes that God has lost his central place in many modern families. It encourages strengthening families by eating, praying and loving together as well as following the example of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

1. FAMILY
CHRISTIAN
HE

2. NAME OF SPEAKER
BRO & SIS.

3. ACTIVITY / DYNAMICS
“WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO”
( A FAMILY GAME)

4. WHO IS MOST LIKELY
TO EXCEL IN
SCHOOL

5. WHO IS MOST LIKELY
TO BE AFRAID OF
SPIDER

6. WHO IS MOST LIKELY
TO CRY OVER THE
MOVIE

7. WHO IS MOST LIKELY
FORGET AN IMPORTANT
EVENT

8. WHO IS MOST LIKELY
TO FAIL A
MATH TEST?

9. IN THE BEGINNING
GOD INTENDED
FAMILY TO BE
BEAUTIFUL

10. “IF IT IS DISPLEASING TO YOU TO SERVE THE LORD, CHOOSE
TODAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE, THE GODS YOUR ANCESTORS
SERVED BEYOND THE RIVER OR THE GODS OF THE AMORITES IN
WHOSE COUNTRY YOU ARE DWELLING. AS FOR
ME AND MY HOUSEHOLD, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.” JOSHUA
24:15 (NABRE)

11. THE FAMILY IS
IMPERFECT YET
BEAUTIFUL
GIFT FROM
GOD.

12. “I thank God that many families, which are far from
considering themselves perfect, live in love, fulfil their
calling and keep moving forward, even if they fall many
times along the way.
The Synod’s reflections show us that there is
no stereotype of the ideal family, but rather
a challenging mosaic made up of many
different realities, with all their joys, hopes
and problems.”
Pope Francis
Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love, 2016):

13. GOD’S PLAN
FOR THE
FAMILY

14. GOD HAS INTENDED
THE FAMILY TO BE
OF LIFE
FOR THE TRASMISSION

15. THE
FAMILY
IS A PLACE
FOR TEACHING
CHILDREN
AND TRAINING
LEADERS

16. THE FAMILY
IS A DOMESTIC
CHURCH

17. GOD HAS LOST HIS
CENTRAL PLACE IN
THE FAMILY
WHY GOD’S PLAN FOR
FAMILIES IS NOT
HAPPENING
THE FAMILY
ITSELF IS LOSING
ITS IMPORTANCE
THE FAMILY IS
UNDER ATTACK
BY EVIL FORCES

18. WHAT CAN
WE DO?

19. EAT
TOGETHER

20. PRAY
TOGETHER

21. LOVE ONE
ANOTHER

22. SHARER: CHILDREN

23. ‘Nazareth teaches us the meaning
of family life, its loving
communion, its simple and austere
beauty, its sacred and inviolable
character. May it teach how sweet
and irreplaceable is its training,
how fundamental and
incomparable its role in the social
order”
- Amoris Laetitita, 66

24. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the
splendor of true love; to you we turn with trust. Holy
Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be
places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of
the Gospel and small domestic churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again
experience violence, rejection and division; may all
who have been hurt or scandalized and ready comfort
and healing. Holy Family of Nazareth, make us once more
mindful of the sacredness and inviolability of the family,
and its beauty in God’s plan.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Graciously hear our prayer. Amen.
PRAYER

25. GUIDE QUESTION
1. FOR THE MEN: HAVE I ASSUMED FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SPIRITUAL
AND MATERIAL NEEDS OF MY FAMILY?
2. FOR THE WOMEN: HAVE I SUPPORTED MY
HUSBAND IN HIS ROLE AND DONE MY SHARE IN
BUILDING UP A CHRISTIAN FAMILY?

26. FAMILY
CHRISTIAN
HE