fatherhood

Have you heard of the sanctity of life? This is a common expression within the pro-life movement to declare that every person is made in my image and has intrinsic worth on that basis. In like manner references to the sanctity of marriage mean that that I instituted marriage and that properly understood it has a meaning that transcends a mere temporal arrangement of convenience. Do you know that there is also a sanctity of fatherhood? For it is as a father than I choose to reveal myself. This office is sanctified since I draw the parallel that gives a connection to the eternal. I want you to ponder the sanctity of fatherhood.