Today and finally, I gathered enough courage to offer myself to help out at the Sunday School @ St Peter's Church. I will undergo training in Form 4's class and will officially start next Sunday. I watched the story of St Maria Goretti and witnessed the modesty pledge of some secondary school teenage children.
The movie of St Maria Goretti revealed to us how strong the faith and trust in the Lord Jesus is at the young and tender age of 12. She hated sin and love God above all else. She sacrificed her life to protect her virginity. She is also very forgiving and each of us should be like her too. Everyone is our brothers and sisters as the commandment tell us, "Love thy neighbour". Hence, if we hate someone, we also hate ourselves. It is very painful to have hatred within us. Learn to forgive and move on. God wanted us to live.
"You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with all your mind, (and) you shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Jesus' words as recorded in Matthew 22:37-38)Another important lesson learnt is that family (parents) plays an important role in influencing the faith of our children. What they grow up to be depend very much on how we live each day. They observe our daily practices, attitudes, behaviours etc and mould themselves to be like that. St Maria's family members live each day believing and trusting in the Lord Jesus. Maria's faith is the result of it.
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