On December 29 of last year, Pope Francis introduced this Prayer to the Holy Family (see below) that he wrote himself, asking the faithful to pray with him for families throughout the world and for the work of the upcoming Synod of Bishops devoted to pastoral care of the family. Pope Francis has made Christian family life a central priority of his remarkable pontificate. For guidance and inspiration, he asks us to fix our gaze on the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Imagine what your life would be like if you awoke tomorrow morning and found that there was no water coming into your home. What would you do? Probably you'd get a few gallons of bottled water, and feel a bit grungy and inconvenienced until the water came back on. Other than that, things would really be OK. But what if the water never came back on? And what if the stores ran out of bottled water? What if the nearest drainage ditch became the only place we could get any water at all? … Help The Thirsty
