Homecoming of the Domestic Church
A Perspective of a Blessing in Disguise on the Pandemic Covid-19
Keywords:
Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Blessing in disguise, Covid-19Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has made an impact on the lives and relationships of people around the world. The crisis of the pandemic offers opportunities to review the present system and to
renew the programme of life in light of the integral, inclusive, and interrelated nature of life. The fundamental inherent and instinctive clinging to one’s own home amidst a long, tedious, and hazardous journey tells a wonderful story. The outbreak of Covid-19 offers a genuine perspective on the flourishing of life, inviting us to invent the dynamics and resourcefulness of home in promoting the integral and inclusive development of human persons.
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