This Apostolic Exhortation by Pope John Paul II reveals the Holy Father's insightful vision of what it means to be a family living out the Sacramental life of Holy Matrimony. Pope John Paul II exhorts the family to realize its calling and to become what God meant it to be. He shows how the family sacramentally signifies the love of Christ for His Church, and offers practical guidelines for how to live this sacramentality out in our everyday lives. ; Being a Christian family is an exciting vocation and adventure! Pope John Paul II spells out the beautiful understanding of the Christian vocation to family with his exhortation, "Family, be what you are!" In his typically personal but philosophical approach, the Holy Father explains what it means to be family and how we can go about living the truth of the sacrament of matrimony more completely. From the Abbey offers a one-hour program based on this encyclical (see the Amphitheater for details). ; 132 pages; 10 currently in stock;

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