Director, Sydney Centre for Evangelisation, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. Ressourcement Devotee. Horologist. You win some, You dim sum. Opinions my own
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Having just returned from the sites of the martyrs in Korea and Japan this has a particular resonance
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NEW POST: When the Curry Runs Dry
How can failure be both a spiritual crisis and opportunity?
A review of our podcast episode on failure with @DanielAngRC
LINK: is.gd/W0A6E1
#awkwardasiantheologian #theology #failure #love #god
From the relative security of the West, it is easy to measure courage in evangelisation by how loudly we proclaim the Gospel where it is safe. In places where conversion carries high costs and risks to life itself, faithful presence, service, dialogue may demand greater courage.
The mission is universal; its expression must be discerning, as it must be in Asia and I assume Algeria - where local Christians, converts and religious communities are exposed to consequences that outsiders do not personally bear.
Unfortunately, some Catholics struggle to grasp that the faith is not the possession of any single culture. The Gospel is universal: it can take root in every culture, engaging and transforming each without requiring its erasure: catholicweekly.com.au/cathol…
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Faith can be embodied in all cultures, because it does not identify itself with any of them in a specific one. It dwells within them, shaping them from within according to the “form” of Jesus Christ; that is, through charity, service and the filial recognition of God’s fatherhood. In this way, the Church draws from the various cultures all that is good, beautiful and true, in order to embody and transmit the message of the Gospel. #GeneralAudience
Across desires, philosophies of humanity, the Spirit has sown seeds of truth, intimations of the One for whom every heart longs. These are not the fullness, but its preparation, for it is Christ, the eternal Logos, in whom all things find their meaning & fulfilment (Col 1:16–17)
A beautiful Mass at Osaka Cathedral today, in the presence of a breathtaking image of Our Lady of Glory. May Mary and the martyr saints of Asia draw every heart closer to Jesus and inspire us to live our faith with love, humility and devotion.
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My dear young friends, today, as registration opens for next year’s #WorldYouthDay, I warmly invite each of you to #Seoul. This is a call to set out on a pilgrimage of faith, friendship and hope. The Lord is waiting for you in this place of encounter and communion. He calls each of you by name, and He desires to reawaken your hope and to give you the fullness of life and joy. I look forward to seeing you in Seoul! wydseoul.org/en
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE DROPPED!
Matt and @DanielAngRC talk about the key Asian experience of failure, and why it is a spiritual concern for everyone!
Show Link: tinyurl.com/25zfjzuz
Nagasaki’s Urakami Cathedral was reduced to ruins by the atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Almost everything was obliterated, even vaporised. Among the devastation, the head of a statue of the Virgin Mary survived. It has been placed in this chapel at the rebuilt cathedral.
In Nagasaki, sitting at the desk used by St Maximilian Kolbe during his six years at the Franciscan friary. Five years later his life would end in Auschwitz where he gave his life for another prisoner. To sit here is to feel the weight of history, faith & extraordinary sacrifice
“Above all, the central proclamation of the presence & love of the Risen Christ; the inner experience of his presence & love, sparked by that proclamation; & finally, the beginning of a journey of knowing & loving Christ, made possible by the recipient’s…free and sincere heart”
Kerygma kerygma kerygma “Added to this is the need to rethink how we proclaim the Gospel, prioritizing narrative forms over the mere transmission of abstract concepts. This effort is essential for preparing each human heart (cf. Mt 13:3–8) for an authentic encounter”
“For this very reason, the transmission of the faith today requires, in a particular way, the evangelization of adults and a move beyond pastoral ministry focused solely on the catechesis of children and adolescents” - Venite Ad Me 41-42.
It is impossible to reflect on Korea without considering the division of the peninsula, the Korean War and the families and communities separated by history. Christian communities, too, experienced deep suffering and disruption.
