Family is the perfect community of hope, peace, mercy and love. It is the
foundation of God’s revealing love that empowers each of its members to transform
the whole fabric of the society. In Asia, family is described and enriched by
the different cultures, beliefs, principles and societal standards. Family serves
as the perfect epitome of solidarity and holistic development. But despite of
all these expected realities, on the other side of the coin, family can also be
the source of domestic and selfish violence. As far as we expect and consider,
family is viewed, as a positive energy that must be shared and channeled to
others, but then, now it becomes a community that depicts an abusive dynamism
to humanity. Many families in Asia are now challenged to different kinds of
marital problems that led to adultery, polygamy and even incest. Married couples
are now manipulated by their selfish desires and personal reasons and the most
affected by this scenario are the innocent children. The role of parents as a
guide, formator and lover to their children is now replaced by anger, revenge,
stress and selfishness. The tension that creates division to families blocks
the intimate relationship of its members and definitely, later will destroy the
sanctity of its origin.
The Church in Asia, now finally calls the radical formation of families
that can help resolve the prevalent issues concerning family relationships. This
year, we celebrate the year of the communities – “The Parish” where
evangelization and communal love prevails. The core of these communities is
directed to the basic unit of the society – the Family. The aim of the Church
is to protect, nurture and enrich the family as the main ingredient of societal
transformation. Family is called for an active involvement in the local church
and become modern Disciples of Christ to all. The life of the Church depend to
the modern agents of Christ – the Family and it is our responsibility to
enliven and protect it from any threat of its division.
Today, family continuously journeys to what the modern world entice and
may provide but with the constant guide of the Church, family may develop an
intimate relationship with God holding an unwavering faith that all shall be
well. Similarly, Christ establishes His disciples by forming people whom He
considered important and later called as Christians – the community of Christ’s
followers. It has to experience difficulty but in the end, it remained
victorious and faithful to its covenant with God. In today’s context, family
may not be as perfect and worthy to be given such significance but then, by and
through God’s Divine democracy - it enables us to receive the “infinite worth”
to change all the families and be followers of Christ.
Thus, the Church with her zealous passion of protecting and enriching all
the families can only make it, if and only if these families may allow the
grace and love of God be on their midst and direct their whole being back to
Him. In the end, the mission of the Church to form communities are now
translated and still be on the process of educating, empowering, transforming
and above all calling families to live in Holiness.
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