“Perhaps people today fail to perceive the beauty, greatness and profound consolation contained in the word “father” with which we can turn to God in prayer because today the father figure is often not sufficiently present and all too often is not sufficiently positive in daily life. The father’s absence, the problem of a father who is not present in a child’s life, is a serious problem of our time. It therefore becomes difficult to understand what it means to say that God is really our Father. From Jesus himself, from his filial relationship with God, we can learn what “father” really means and what is the true nature of the Father who is in heaven. ” (Pope Benedict XVI)
My dad was faithful to my mom, he had a deep and “real” Faith, and he cared about each one of us intensely. I pray that every dad realizes this huge responsibility and fights for this ideal!
