Message from Children Ministry

We all know the gospel story of Christ and the children:

Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them: Let the little children come to Me and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God - Mark 10:13-15

Christ’s disciples forbade parents with children to come near Him, fearing that the children will somehow disturb the Lord. They thought, as many of us do today, that children and infants are not able to assimilate spiritual things. How did Christ react to this? He became indignant. He was greatly displeased. We know that the meek and longsuffering Christ became indignant only when truth was suppressed by delusion, for instance: the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, the desecration of the temple by the money-changers etc. And the truth is certainly that which the Lord Himself teaches us: of such is the kingdom of God. And embracing the children, He placed His hands on them and blessed them.