Al celebrar el Día del Padre, no puedo evitar recordar que, según la Escritura, “el orgullo del hijo es su padre” (Cf Proverbios 17,6). Es triste que no todos los hijos puedan hacer suyas esas palabras. Hay padres poco afectuosos y egoístas que viven para sí y dan a sus hijos las migajas que sobran de su valioso tiempo.
As we celebrate Father’s Day, I am reminded that, according to Scripture, “the glory of a child is his father” (see Proverbs 17:6). Alas, not all children can make those words their own — some fathers are unloving and selfish, living for themselves and giving their children only the crumbs of their precious time.
Pope Francis traveled to Fatima last month for the centenary of Mary’s apparitions to the three shepherd children, Lucia dos Santos and Jacinta and Francisco Marto. One of the things we’ve learned in the 100 years since the Fatima apparitions is that Mary’s message encapsulates the essential elements of Christian life: prayer, sacrifice, redemptive suffering and holiness of life.
Our father will always be ahead of us in wisdom, for he has lived longer