Synodality invites us to understand priesthood in a new way. Perhaps, we have the Imperative to revist different layers of meanings that have come to attach it over time. In Greek , we have the word Presbyteros, which meant elder and which stood for a man of age in a social group. Gradually it acquired religious meaning that was...
After Theology
What will it require theology to de-theologize itself. How are we to approach this task. Perhaps, St. Paul’s kenotic Christology is already a form of de-theology. This effort of de-theologizing theology brings us to what we may call after theology . Kenosis is very close to deconstruction. Does theology needs to be de-theologized? The question is deep and difficult...
Pastoral Practices and Pastoral Innovation Lab
Pastoral Innovation Lab has both the challenge and opportunity to securitize how some pastoral practices inscribe themselves as forms of mediating grace and Christian life. Thus, for instance pastoral practices of novena as ways of preparing individually as well as collectively for the celebration of feast are looked upon as channels of grace that we hope will evangelize us...
Pastoral Innovation Lab
We are living in an age of Start Ups. One thought has been crossing my mind for a long time, being inspired by the signs of the time. Why not start a Pastoral Innovation Lab? Why not use the best resources of human sciences to enrich and enhance pastoral care in the Parish where I work as a Parish...
Synodality and the Christ Faithful
Synodality offers a new hope for several Catholics who are looking to revitalize their life in the Church. Guided by the Holy Spirit, several Catholics have been looking for horizon of change. It is the action of the Holy Spirit that makes us man and woman on the move hopeing for Church living it mande in accordance to changing...
Being a parish Priest in a Synodal Church
What would it mean to be a Parish Priest in a synodal Church? Will it require us to rethink the role and ministry of the Parish Priest and other ordain ministers? Maybe we have travel together in the spirit of synodality into the theology of synodality and try to relate the Hierarchical gifts and the Charismatic gifts in the...
Being Synodal Church in a Parish
Pope Francis, our holy father calls the entire Church to become a synodal Church. What would it mean for a parish to become a synodal Church? Synodality involves the participation of the entire people of God in the life and mission of the Church. How are we to be a synodal Church in a Parish? How are we to...
Towards an Inter-religious Christology
Is it possible to do an interreligious Christology? There are many and varied contexts of Christology in the Bible itself. Faced with a experience of religious plurality what could be Christology ? How are we to speak of Jesus today? Can we profess our faith in Jesus inter-religiously ? What does Dominus Iesus of the committee on the doctrine...
The Challenge of Inter-religious Dialogue
The theological foundation of Inter-religious dialogue is the universal salvific will of God. This principle immediately raises the question: are the other religion means of salvation for their followers? The answer to this question is bound to the unity of all humans in the creative and saving will of God. This saving will of God was manifested in Jesus...
Power in Weakness: Towards a Cruciform Pastoral Ministry
How are we to understand what St. Paul says ‘ mind set of the flesh ( Rom.8: 5) ? It is easy to think of it as inordinate sexual desires. But is there any other way of thinking ‘ mind set on the flesh’? May be there is. But it may be not comfortable to consider. Yet to come...
