Quotes about Family

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Faith is the evidence of divine adoption.

To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.

How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith.

One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

I remember how at night I didn't have slow, sweet talks, but merely rushed the children to bed so I could have more time to myself.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

A mother's treasure is her daughter.

She wasn't afraid. There had been so many more things to fear in life. Knowing she was loved by many people, even if they couldn't always be with her, was not one of them.

You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.

God thank you for everything you've given us. For the time we have together. And for the miracle of Christmas. Thank you for the Atonement, the chance to start all over again. Help us to always remember who we are and to trust that we are worthy to make it through our storms. Amen.

Once a week, beginning at sunset on Friday and until sunset on Saturday, the family had to pause. A Jewish merchant had explained the Sabbath to Agios already, back in Egypt. No devout Hebrew could work or travel on that day. If they were near a temple, the family went there. If no temple was available, they prayed where they were.