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Each month the team working on this catechism presents you with two texts, and we hope that with your help and cooperation they will improve. Any suggestions you may have would be most welcome, as would ideas on subject matter. We look forward to hearing from you. LIKE A CHILD
Yet the child also represents the other who is established between his parents.This otherness has not finished when he has become known to them. Even in his dependence he possesses a powerful capacity for independence. Birth is the first act of independence followed by shrieking, walking, toilet, school and the knowledge of everything that comes with puberty until finally he comes of age when he is equal to his parents. Everything is marked, from the first tears and willful tantrums to assert himself. Then education acts as the guarantor of the will with its aim of developing the independence of is subject. The parable of Jesus and the children was not unable to take this vital dynamism, which is found in the child, into account. One can deduce that the Kingdom of God is for those who are independent, who develop to their full abilities and human potential. He that is prepared to hide his "talent" under a bushell rather than bring it to fruition is not part of God´s Kingdom. Trust and independence are not contradictory. It´s about striking a balance between the child being able to trust and at the same time develop his own personality.
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