The parish system makes the Christian community a more intimate and personal experience. Relationships can be built that will last a lifetime and will be with people who live in close proximity to one another. Children can grow up with friends that will last a lifetime. Parents will rejoice with one another, weep with one another, pray with one another, and work with one another.
Additionally, Jesus said that the world would know his disciples because they will see the love they have for one another (Jn. 13:35). The parish system makes living in front of the non-Christian world much easier and more alive because it is not only Christians living in community, but it is neighbors living in community. One day, everyone living in the various parishes will be active members of congregations of the church in Moscow and therefore active participants in their neighborhood parish. God is good.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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