The gospel bears fruits of good life

Monseigneur Giampaolo Dianin, bishop

One of the main tasks of the Christian community is to introduce its children, regenerated by baptism and inserted into ecclesial communion, to the faith. If Christian initiation finds in the sacraments the fundamental stages of its journey, these don’t exhaust the commitment to continue to educate those who have been initiated into the good life of the Gospel. Marriage is a central moment in the lives of two young people who choose to live their lives in a life project for two, open to the generation of children. If these young people are Christians, the community is called to ensure that the Gospel and the Christian life begun at baptism are present in that life project. The question we ask ourselves is how to accompany the engaged couple not only to understand the meaning of getting married in the Lord, but also to begin a Christian life in marriage. The Pope gives some general indications to the Christian communities, asking that each local Church discern the best way to put these indications into practice (AL 207). The first indication is gradualness: “a suitable formation without distancing young people from the sacrament” (AL 207). It’s not a question of renouncing…