Quotes about Family

Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.

One day God will review your answers to these life questions. Did you put Jesus at the center of your life? Did you develop his character? Did you devote your life to serving others? Did you communicate his message and fulfill his mission? Did you love and participate in his family? These are the only issues that will count. As Paul said, "Our goal is to measure up to God's plan for us."21

They are your family, even when they don't act like it, and you can't just walk out on them. Instead God tells us, "Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love." 7

Praying for your children is the most powerful way you can care for them.

The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.

In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.

A wife's prayers for her husband have a far greater effect on him than anyone else's, even his mother's. (Sorry, Mom.)

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself. So protect your families! See in them your country's greatest treasure and nourish them always by prayer and the grace of the sacraments.

The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered.

We don't want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care of them.

May each family rediscover family prayer, which helps to bring about mutual understanding and forgiveness.

Our families should gather for family prayer morning and night.