“After so many favors that were set down in my vocation in this world, a new blessing has come to me, to know the greatest joy probably it is possible to experience here below: I am a father!”
–Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, in a letter to his friend Theophile Foisset, July 24, 1845, announcing the birth of his daughter, Marie (see Hosanna! Blessed Frederic Ozanam: Family and Friends, by Rev. Ronald Ramson, CM)

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Blessed Creator, Thank you for the fathers in our lives, be they our biological father, godfathers, fathers-in-law, mothers who also had to be fathers, or any father figure who blessed us with love, patience, caring, understanding, and served as role models.
Manny Sanchez SVDP Los Angeles

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1. Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy. These words might well sum up the mystery of the Christian faith. Mercy has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination in him. The Father, “rich in mercy” … (may we) become a more effective sign of the Father’s action in our lives.

Pope Francis on mercy