Pope Francis advises listening to each other as a family and not isolating yourself with your cell phone

The Pope Francisco He advised today to listen to each other as a family to face conflicts and difficulties, instead of “isolating ourselves with our mobile phones or” accusing each other, always repeating the same phrases. “

During his Angelus message, on the day when Catholics celebrate the Holy Family after Christmas Day, the Pope addressed the issue of family problems and assured that “the daily challenge, and is won with the right attitude, with small attentions, with simple gestures, taking care of the details of our relationships”.

“But how to do it?” Francis asked, leaning out of St. Peter’s Square where thousands of faithful gathered on this feast day in Italy.

And he replied that “for preserve harmony in the family, we must fight against the dictatorship of the self ”.

“It is dangerous when, instead of listening to ourselves, we blame ourselves for our mistakes; when, instead of caring for others, we focus on our own needs; when, instead of talking, we isolate ourselves with our mobile phones; when we accuse each other, always repeating the same phrases, staging a play already seen in which each one wants to be right and at the end there is a cold silence “, he asserted.

For this reason, he repeated one of his advice: “At night, after all, make up. Never go to sleep without having made up, because if not the next day there will be a cold War”.

“How many times, unfortunately, do conflicts arise within the walls of the home as a result of too long silences and unhealed selfishness! Sometimes it even leads to physical and moral violence. This breaks the harmony and kills the family. Let’s move on. from ‘me’ to ‘you’, “he advised.

He concluded by asking that Catholic families “pray a little together every day, to ask God for the gift of peace”, the commitment and commitment of “everyone – parents, children, Church, civil society – to support, defend and protect the family. ”. (I)