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Siblings Day – 10 April

It would be difficult to contest the fact that the bond between siblings is extra-special! Especially because many of them have spent most of their entire lives together. Many people can’t even remember a time when their siblings weren’t part of their lives. Some of them even shared a womb at the same time, if they were born as multiples!

Sibling bonds are often life-long relationships, usually lasting from cradle to grave. Since siblings are most likely from the same generation, these are often the longest relationships of a person’s life–much longer than a mother’s and father’s relationship.

Siblings Day is a way of honouring the special bond that happens within families, as brothers and sisters share life together from childhood into adulthood and even into old age.

It’s time to celebrate Siblings Day!

 

Source: Text: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/sibling-day/    Image: DesiComments.com

Journée internationale des frères et sœurs – 10 avril

La Journée des frères et sœurs nous vient des USA. Il s’agit d’une date commémorative où on honore et célèbre les frères et sœurs. Son nom outre-atlantique, Siblings day, est devenu une fête annuelle reconnue dans certains États des États-Unis. Elle a traditionnellement lieu le 28 juin.

Siblings day

Depuis ses débuts, la journée est devenue internationale et s’étend désormais jusqu’en Inde et en Australie, sans oublier les pays européens.

En France, la Journée des frères et sœurs se célèbre parfois le 31 mai à l’initiative de la Confédération Européenne des Familles Nombreuses.

Nous avons retenu dans notre calendrier la date du 10 avril car c’est celle qui a été choisie par la Siblings day foundation. Elle a été validée par un grands nombre de gouverneurs d’états américains comme étant la date « officielle » de l’événement.

Un site à visiter : siblingsday.org    Source: Texte: Journée mondiale   Images: Journée mondiale    pinterest.com

27th Sunday of Year B

The son of a king, or the daughter of the President of a country, do not hesitate to speak of their parents and their siblings.
They speak with pride of their family and (usually) they are not ashamed to mention their origin.

Strangely enough, to this day, I have never heard anyone boast – rightly so! – that he/she, is the son, or the daughter, of… God!
A smile must appear on your faces, you who are reading this text…
Has this thought never come to your mind? – for this is what we are as Christians!

This reflection came to me as I read the 2nd reading of this Sunday (27th Sunday of Year B – He.2:9-11).
Speaking of Christ, the text says:
“He openly calls them (men and women = us) brothers.
 
Another translation speaks in stronger words with the affirmation:
“Jesus is not ashamed of calling them brothers.”
 
If he recognizes us as his own siblings, why do we not do the same?…
The thought for this day………

Note: Another reflections is available on a different theme in French at: https://image-i-nations.com/27e-dimanche-de-lannee-b/

Source : Image : sotdaz.org