Archbishop Calinic to couples hoping for children: Become ‘gateways through which grace may pass’

On the feast of Sts Joachim and Anne, Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți urged families hoping to have children to pray and cultivate patience in humility.

“Make your family and your home a place of prayer, remembering that peace, faithfulness and the good tears born of humility bring down the Kingdom of Heaven into your heart,” Archbishop Calinic urged.

His Eminence explained that prayer follows a different rhythm from worldly things: “God is the One who does not delay, but prepares; the One who seeks the depth of the root, not the splendour of the leaf.”

Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți encouraged spouses hoping to have children to become “gateways through which grace may pass”.

“Sts Joachim and Anne were not only the parents of Mary according to the flesh; by dedicating her to God from infancy, they prepared the way for the coming into the world of the incarnate Son of the heavenly Father.”

Patience Archbishop Calinic presented Sts Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Mother of God, as an example of patience and prayer.

“Honour the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anne, for they are an icon of faith that remains steadfast even…