Today is the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly!

“It is important for grandparents to meet their grandchildren and for grandchildren to meet their grandparents, because — as the prophet Joel says — grandparents, before their grandchildren, will dream, and have illusions [great desires], and young people, taking strength from their grandparents, will go forward and prophesy.”

– Pope Francis, January 31, 2021

Celebrate the day by giving special blessings to grandparents or to the elderly.