Mealtime talk rather
than phones
Pope Francis has a point in
urging people to talk to each other at mealtimes instead of using their mobile
phones as he cited “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as an example for families to
follow.”
In his weekly Angelus address
last December 29 at the St. Peter’s Square in Vatican, the Pope said: “They
prayed, worked, and communicated with each other.”
He continued, saying: "I
ask myself if you, in your family, know how to communicate or are you like
those kids at meal tables where everyone is chatting on their mobile phone ...
where there is silence like at a Mass but they don't communicate."
His point is getting back to
communicating in the families, stressing: "Fathers, parents, children,
grandparents, brothers and sisters, this is a task to undertake today…”
