Young Couples: A Prioritized Thrust

‘The worst kind of poverty’, it is said, ‘is that of isolation‘. Marriage gifts one with companionship. Most of the Young Couples live in heaven, experiencing the exhilarations of human love, giving and accepting, knowing deeply each other, playing the tunes for the other, so on and so forth. The old couples generally cherish this period to be best in their whole married life. At the same time, we cannot forget a negligible number of unfortunate young couples, going through distressing experiences.

The young family is the cradle of faith formation. It is said, as the family, so the Church. Our faith has been handed down to us from generation to generation through families. By being an integral part of the community that endeavours to keep burning coals of faith aglow, the young couples need to keep intact the  faith and values alive through children. Parents, by their word and example, need to be the first preachers of the faith to their children.

Along with that, they may also contribute willingly in terms of their youthful energy, skills, knowledge in technology, networking ability, planning and managerial skills coupled with compassion. Pope Francis says, “I have a dogmatic certainty, God is in every person’s life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else – God is in that person’s life“. Anchored in the wisdom and faith, young couples will undoubtedly be the channels of grace in families, society, the church and the nation at large.

‘Young couples’ has been prioritized as one of the most important thrusts for the future of the Eparchy of Kalyan. A comprehensive study about it is in progress. We have to find more inclusive ways by which we can help the young couples to meet today’s expectations helping them in merging their daily life with the larger evangelizing role given to them by our Master.