Recently I was reading in the newspapers about a government ruling in
Pakistan's Punjab province that all wedding receptions should have only a
single dish adhering to austerity principles. (the news came to the fore in
the news item regarding the wedding reception of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib
Malik with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in Sialkot, Pakistan)
The
news made me think what a brilliant proposal that was of restricting
wedding receptions to a single dish. It would be nice to have such a ruling
in our weddings too.
In a world where there are so many hungry, we waste money and food in grand wedding receptions. In a world where people find it difficult to marry their daughters, we launder money away in luxurious and over the top wedding receptions.
Can our Church show the way by having a single dish rule for wedding receptions? If the church takes a decision (hypothetically) to implement such a rule, will anyone follow? Do we hear our Ostathathios Thirumeni warning us that it is sinful to launder money away in a poor world?
Taking a bottoms up approach, will we on our own be able to implement a single dish rule for our daughters' wedding receptions?
On a personal note, will I ever have the courage to do that if I get a chance? I do not know.
But something to think about for all of us.
Src: ICON
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| Dont waste food and money in extravagant parties |
In a world where there are so many hungry, we waste money and food in grand wedding receptions. In a world where people find it difficult to marry their daughters, we launder money away in luxurious and over the top wedding receptions.
Can our Church show the way by having a single dish rule for wedding receptions? If the church takes a decision (hypothetically) to implement such a rule, will anyone follow? Do we hear our Ostathathios Thirumeni warning us that it is sinful to launder money away in a poor world?
Taking a bottoms up approach, will we on our own be able to implement a single dish rule for our daughters' wedding receptions?
On a personal note, will I ever have the courage to do that if I get a chance? I do not know.
But something to think about for all of us.
Src: ICON
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