Holy Family Sunday – Honoring Mother and Father – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff Podcast
Summary: <br> Holy Family Sunday – Honoring Mother and Father<br> Msgr. Esseff discusses honoring our parents (especially when it’s hard) – The reality of our society and the challenge – The wounds and the need for healing<br> <br> Reading 1 <a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/sirach/3:2">SIR 3:2-6, 12-14</a><br> God sets a father in honor over his children;<br> a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.<br> Whoever honors his father atones for sins,<br> and preserves himself from them.<br> When he prays, he is heard;<br> he stores up riches who reveres his mother.<br> Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children,<br> and, when he prays, is heard.<br> Whoever reveres his father will live a long life;<br> he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother.My son, take care of your father when he is old;<br> grieve him not as long as he lives.<br> Even if his mind fail, be considerate of him;<br> revile him not all the days of his life;<br> kindness to a father will not be forgotten,<br> firmly planted against the debt of your sins<br> —a house raised in justice to you.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Msgr. John A. Esseff is a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Scranton. He was ordained on May 30, 1953, by the late Bishop William J. Hafey, D.D. at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton, PA. Msgr. Esseff served as a retreat director and confessor to St. Teresa of Calcutta. He continues to offer direction and retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity around the world. Msgr. Esseff encountered St. Padre Pio, who would become a spiritual father to him. He has lived in areas around the world, serving in the Pontifical missions, a Catholic organization established by St. Pope John Paul II to bring the Good News to the world especially to the poor. Msgr. Esseff assisted the founders of the Institute for Priestly Formation and continues to serve as a spiritual director for the Institute. He continues to serve as a retreat leader and director to bishops, priests and sisters and seminarians, and other religious leaders around the world. <br> <br> <br> <br>
