The Chavarul of Chavara: A Prophetic Voice for Christian Family

Abstract

Chavarul is a prophetic voice for Christian family in the modern world. He stands as an outstanding apostle to a land plagued with various evils to which he brought the message of faith and social order. He believed that family was the source of all morality and spirituality and his own spirituality was rooted in his experience of the Holy Family at home. The need of the hour is to resort to the plan of God for families because a family is a community of a few people joined together in blood relation and bound together by a bond of love, which makes it the fertile ground for individuals to realize their full potential for the glory of God and the good of the neighbours. Chavarul instructs the families on devotion to the Lord, unity in the family and peace with neighbours, which include formation of faith, conscience, intellect and discipline.