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The family is a pyramid, structured hierarchically just like God sits as the King of heaven with the angels, saints, men, animals, etc.  In this case, the Father is on top as the head, next comes the Mother as the heart, and then come the children (hopefully numerous) as little olive plants sitting around the table.  The is the structure that Our Creator has given to the family.  If we conform ourselves to it, we will be at peace ("not as the world gives" says Our Lord, but a spiritual or inner peace) and our families will prosper (again, in a spiritual sense and not a material sense).  As this can be a mite confusing, let me explain still further.  If you cooperate with the boss at work, you will find that the boss will work with you.  You won't get static from him as long as you do things his way.  You might not be able to stand your co-workers or all of the procedures and rules, but you will always know that the boss will support you whenever there's a rules situation because you'll be doing everything his way and he set up the rules.  This is a natural form of peace but I think you get the picture.  Step outside the lines, however, and you get called on the carpet or you have to be sneaky about bending the rules.  In other words, besides not being able to stand your co-workers, you won't be able to stand the boss, the rules, the workplace, etc.

The same holds true for the family.  Do it God's way or it's the highway (the highway to unhappiness - or to hell if you really go too far).

We live in a world that has had all of the Catholic props or supports which were put in place to make every aspect of society and family life more conducive to everyone's salvation (See Catholic Culture for more info) removed.  With the triumph of Anti-Culture, these props are now only shadows of themselves.  In generations of long ago, it was all "common knowledge".  No more!  The only "common knowledge" is what we have been blasted with our whole lives in 10-second sound bites by this Anti-Culture Society through the mass media, the laws, entertainment, etc.  I am saying that Anti-Culture has been stressing its own message of Anti-Culture while ignoring/belittling/replacing the Catholic Culture message and one of the major victims has been the family. 

The Bible tells us to be in the world but not of the world.  If the last paragraph doesn't make any sense, than I would try to suggest to you, in a spirit of charity, that you might want to take some to think and consider the question: "Just what is the depth that I am  of the world."  It might be quite a manifestation!

Let me go on with my original purpose which I shall do so in subsequent editings.  Contact us at postmaster@blessedmargaret.org if you want to comment.