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Love Involves Sacrifice

Question: Fr. Joby M. Jesus was killed as a scapegoat. How do you think about it together with the fact He was annihilated by the bitter opposition of those who wielded power and that He was sacrificing Himself? He was sacrificed by Jewish religion and Roman Empire and then how did He sacrifice His life to the will of the Father? Answer: Jacob […]

THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS AT THE FACE OF HOSTILITY

Question: C.T.Devassia We are living with hostilities, how must we live with the other who could be your enemy, it may be with a hostile country or hostile neighbour or a hostile religion. Is our solution a war, what do we achieve by war? Answer: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST The questions on hostilities and our relationship with the […]

Christ: Priesthood is Self-emptying Life and Ministry

Question: Peter D’Cruz Was Jesus Christ a priest? How does He become a priest? Answer: Jacob Parappally MSFS Was Jesus Christ a priest? Did He offer sacrifices like other priests? These and other related questions are discussed again and again. Such an inquiry about the priestly dimension of the reality of Jesus is often raised probably not because […]

THE BEAUTY OF RITUALS AND THE DANGER OF RITUALIZATION

Question: Ritu Jacob Sometimes it seems that the emphasis on the ritual exercises evades and shrinks human responsibilities and becoming a kind of idols. Why the believers of God do not heed attention to the miseries of humans. What is the real meaning of Christian rituals? Answer: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST It is a fact that […]

Spirit of God Who Dwells In The Depth of Every Human Being

Question: Jesmy John They were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4), the Charismatics seem to monopolize the Holy Spirit and their “speaking in other tongues” seems incoherent and gibberish. Do you think that the Holy Spirit is also working in poets, artists, philosophers and […]

SON OF GOD- FRIEND OF THE HUMAN BEING

Question: Joh Edayal At Christmas we remember the event that God became a human being. What really makes friends of God and friends of human being? Answer: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST It is true that Christmas is a time of reflecting the fundamental faith experience of Christianity that God became a human and dwelt among us. On […]

He Lets Both Wheat and Weeds Grow Together

Question: Paul Jacob What does the divisions in the Church teach? St Paul (1 Cor 11:19) wrote “there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized.” Answer: Jacob Parappally MSFS Throughout his Letters Paul pleads and prays for communion among the members of the Church and among all people. Therefore, it may […]

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY

Question: Nimisha James Now we see the law accepts many things that seems to be against morality. But some say what is legal need not be moral. How is then law and morality are connected? Answer: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST The relationship between law and morality is an age-old question and we had a lot of […]

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