The Small Christian Communities (SCCs) are made up of individuals and community members who come from families. Without families there would be no SCCs and no Church. In St. Lawrence Parish, we are striving to focus a lot of attention on the role the family plays in the mission of the Church. The family nurtures a child and the child learns and gets its traditions, culture, behaviour and values from the family. Most of our Christian lives are introduced to us by our parents and as we grow up we also pass those values and traditions to our children.
The family being the fountain of love teaches parents and children to love each other through the demonstration of love and care. The children learn to be loving and kind to each other. They also learn to love and respect members of the extended family. This is the foundation of our Christian love. If there is no love in the family and the children are not taught to love, then they will find it very hard to love and serve their brothers and sisters in Christ. Like Mother Theresa said, the world is upside down and is suffering so much, because there is so little love in the home and in the family life. We have no time for children and no time for each other and the home begins to disintegrate leading to disruption of peace in the world.
In Zambia today, there is a lot of suffering around due to poverty and disease and many of these our brothers and sisters, do not have anyone to care for them. As Christians we are called to love and serve each other. Therefore, let us begin to love each other within the families and then within our SCCs. This will bring love to the whole Church.
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