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VII

CHAPTER 4
THE MISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY AS
SANCTUARY OF LIFE IN
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KOTTAYAMIN THE LIGHT OF
THE MAGISTERIUM OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 49
4.1 THE MISSIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY AS A SANCTUARY OF
LIFE IN SOUTHIST CUSTOMS ........................................................................ 49
4.1.1 THIS SANCTUARY IS SANCTIFIED BY THE COVENANT OF
MARRIAGE .............................................................................................. 50
4.1.2 COMMUNION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE ............................. 51
4.1.3 TO BE THE COMMUNITY OF LOVE ................................................... 53
4.1.4 TO TRANSMIT LIFE ............................................................................... 55
4.1.4.1 Cooperating in the Creative Work of God ........................................ 56
4.1.4.2 Transmission of Life Is a Responsible Mission ................................ 58
4.1.5 TO TRANSFORM LIFE ........................................................................... 58
4.1.5.1 Transmit Love to “New Life” ........................................................... 59
4.1.5.2 Transmit Faith ................................................................................... 60
4.1.5.3 Transmit Morality, Justice, and Education ........................................ 62
4.1.5.3.1 Parents as Educators ...................................................................... 63
4.1.5.3.2 Blessing at the Death Bed as the Final Moral Instruction from
Parents ........................................................................................... 65
4.1.5.3.3 Obedience of Children to Parents .................................................. 65
4.1.5.3.4 Blessing at the Death Bed as the Final Reward of Moral Formation
of the Children ............................................................................... 66
4.1.5.3.5 The Sense of Sacrifice in the Sanctuary of Life ............................ 67
4.2 THE MISSIONS IMPLIED IN THE SOUTHIST CUSTOMS ARE IN
CONFORMITY WITH THE MAGISTERIUM OF POPE JOHN PAUL II.. 68
4.3 THE PASTORAL AND MORAL CONTEXT OF THE FAMILIES IN
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KOTTAYAM TODAY........................................... 68
4.3.1 CONTEMPORARY FAMILY SITUATIONS .......................................... 70
4.3.2 HOW CAN THE SOUTHIST FAMILY BECOME A SANCTUARY OF
LIFE TODAY? ....................................................................................................... 72
4.3.2.1 Transmit Life Responsibly ................................................................ 72
4.3.2.1.1 Use of Biotechnology .................................................................... 73
4.3.2.1.2 Protect Life from the First Moment of Conception ....................... 74
4.3.2.2 Transform Life .................................................................................. 76
4.3.2.2.1 Towards the Integral Good of the Human Person ......................... 77
4.3.2.2.2 Witnessing Through the Sense of Sacrifice .................................. 78
4.3.2.2.3 Towards the Right Use of Media .................................................. 79
4.3.2.2.4 Special Marriage Preparation Courses .......................................... 80

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