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Affirmed by Vatican II
In the early Church, there were groups of widows who served, through various capacities, in the ministry of the Church. Support and protection were offered especially for those widows who were poor and needy.
“Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years old, married only once, with a reputation for good works, namely, that she has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the holy ones, helped those in distress, involved herself in every good work.” (1st Tim 5: 9-10)
Affirmed by Vatican II
Renewed in Today's Culture
Affirmed by Vatican II
Lumen Gentium refers to widows when it discusses the universal call to holiness, and how that applies to lay people.
"A like example, but one given in a different way, is that offered by widows and single people, who are able to make great contributions toward holiness and apostolic endeavor in the Church." LG, Chapter V.
“Widowhood, accepted bravely as a continuation of the marriage vocation, will be esteemed by all.” Gaudium et Spes, Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 48.
Renewed in Today's Culture
Renewed in Today's Culture
Renewed in Today's Culture
CCC 922. From apostolic times Christian virgins and widows, called by the Lord to cling only to him with greater freedom of heart, body, and spirit, have decided with the Church’s approval to live in the respective states of virginity or perpetual chastity “for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven.”
“Losing one’s spouse is particularly difficult… some display an ability to concentrate their energies in a greater dedication to their children and grandchildren, finding in this experience of love a renewed sense of mission in raising their children” (Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, 254). If this is true of most of you, the death of your spouse has also led you to recognize a particular call of the Lord and to respond to it by consecrating yourselves to Him out of love and with love... Thus, with your consecration, you attest that it is possible, with the grace of God and the support and accompaniment of ministers and other members of the Church, to live the evangelical counsels by exercising their family, professional and social responsibilities.
Pope Francis to participants at a conference for consecrated widows in Sept 6, 2018.
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