Easter: Archbishop Urges Nigerians To Revive Family Values

                

Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, on yesterday enjoined Nigerians to be committed to reviving family values in the country.

Okeke made the call in Onitsha, Anambra while delivering his Easter Message entitled: ``Easter Message: A Time to pray and be committed to Resuscitate Our Family Values’’.

Easter celebration is used to commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ over 2,000 years ago.

His words: ``This year, I would like to call for prayers for our various families and how we could resuscitate our family values.

``There is a great need to re-awaken our family values in the country since in the family one experiences his or her first love, peace and brotherliness.

``We must work hard to make our families a place where love, peace, equity and justice is shared and practiced.

``And the golden rule as enshrined in the Holy Scriptures must be practically practiced in our various families for this family peace and love to be nourished,’’ he said.

The cleric said that the decay in the society would be effectively checked when family values and ties are restored.

``If our families are good, it would translate to a better community, society and nation. And the World will be a happy place to stay,’’ he said.

The Archbishop, however, prayed for peace and love to be restored in various families that had been in disarray.

He said that the family and communal system of life must be restored for most of the ills and misconceptions in the society to be checked.

``Christ resurrection means victory and everybody must experience this on-going victory through being our immediate brothers and family members keepers,’’ he said.