OVERVIEW JULY.  Grandparents are families’ roots.  Old age is in many cultures and families recognized with respect,  and the elderly are guarded by their offspring and the wider community, in animal and also in human society.  Grandparents belong in families and are its historical memory. Not all grandparents are elderly, many are active in their own lives, while  many others play a great role in the lives of their children, practically and spiritually,  At the same time in the great circle of life there is a time for everything, from birth to death, for coming and going, for remaining and leaving. All these phases should be handled with patience, consideration and acceptance. The whole month can be dedicated to the needs of grandparents in particular, which could be material, emotional and spiritual also being aware that violence towards the elderly is too common. Pope Francis: Very often it is grandparents who ensure that the most important values are passed down to their grandchildren and many people testify that they owe their initiation into the Christian life to their grandparents.  AL 192. Our contemporary experience of being orphans as a result of cultural discontinuity, uprootedness and the collapse of the certainties that shape our lives, challenges us to make our families places where children can sink roots in the rich soil of a collective history.  AL 193. May the elderly experience gratitude and the children encouragement.  

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