Every year 26th July is celebrated with enthusiasm and religious fervour the feast of St. Joaquim and Anne, the parents of Mother Mary as the day of grandparents in parishes and catholic schools. For last two years because of pandemic it has not been possible but online many parishes and institutions have tried to reach the grandparents with messages, songs, best wishes, prayers and Holy Eucharist. The Holy Father every year does thank God for the gift of the grandparents but this year due to his surgery he could not but wrote a message for all of them.
Grandparents are very important after our parents. They do play a very important role in our formative years. They pass on their rich experience and values, traditions and legacies to us. They teach us what our parents do not teach, they fill in our lives those things which our modern parents are not able to give. They are the strong pillars of our faith and trust in God. They speak and reveal the real face of God through their faith and religiosity. They speak language of love and understanding, language of sitting with patience to explain difficult things in a simple and understandable ways to the young minds. They become abode of warmth and acceptance, they do not cover up the mistakes of the grandchildren but lead them to the right understanding of things which ought to explained to the young minds.
This is the “feast of grandparents.” It reminds grandparents of their responsibility to establish a tone for generations to come: They must make the traditions live and offer them as a promise to little children. But the feast has a message for the younger generation as well. It reminds the young that older people’s greater perspective, depth of experience, and appreciation of life’s profound rhythms are all part of a wisdom not to be taken lightly or ignored.
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