NOVICE JOBIN THAYYIL
In the class of Christology Fr.
Romolo explained very well about Christ. He explained deeply about the life of Jesus.
It really helps me to understand well about Christ and increase my personal
relationship with god. Iam trying to bring out the main points. Christology
will help us to improve our personal encounter with Jesus. I cannot get things
those are above my understanding. Faith is basically knowledge. The personal love to Jesus is a life long
process. Man is unhappy until he reach God. Christ is the son, image of God,
redeemer, savior, one who gives us spirit, and mediator etc. we can find Jesus
through the teaching of the church. God’s plan of salvation is fulfilled in Jesus.
Jesus is the fulfillment of Old Testament. God reveled himself that is Jesus.
The OT book remained the privilege of the hope of salvation. All prophesies are fulfilled in Jesus. There was a hidden life of Jesus
because the evangelists reported only some about the infancy of Jesus. Jesus
was a good teacher, a God who forgives sins, performer of miracle and a judge.
Christ had a personal relationship with God the father. He felt an eternal
relationship with God that he is the son of the Father. Jesus called God with
name father. He used the word Abba. It is a kind of intimate relationship.
Jesus never fails to trust. We were saved through this trust and love. Jesus also had a good relationship with
human. He was a friend of everybody or he loved everybody with out any
discrimination. He loved children. He forgave the sins. He was a man of
compassion. He was a man of extra ordinary intelligence. He was a man of prayer
and activity. His life was his message. God is the answer for all our questions.Man
is not happy without God.
Fr.Romolo also
explained very well about psalms. Through psalms we speak to god. They are not
only beautiful concepts but inspired idea. There are psalms of praise, repentance,praise
of kings and community etc. psalms are the micro cosmos of human kind.
According to Calvin they are the anatomy of the soul. They are the light of
faith. We contemplate our faith through psalm. They were composed of different
stages of theological age. Theology of
psalm is that discovery of God can be done through personal prayer and personal
knowledge. We can find God through personal prayer and personal knowledge. Psalms
are celebrations of the law. Through the psalm we get an image of God who is a
close friend walking with us. Sin in psalms is breaking of relationship. Psalms
are also reminding us the need of intimacy to God. Psalms are inviting us to be
communion with god. Some of the psalms were composed in the temple or for the
use of the temple. We also remember God’s graces and secrets through psalms.
Psalms are also uses to glorify God. There is a mutual possession in psalms. I
posses God and God posses me.
Fr.Romolo also shared well about
the ministries that are done by St Gasper. There were many ministries those were
done by St Gasperin his time. St Gasper was the spiritual director of the
seminarians. He was also spiritual director of mother Neopoldina Nudet and Magdalena
de Canossa who were the founderess of two congregations. He was helping in the
parish. He was also doing preaching.
Another main ministry of St. Gasper was the prison ministry. There were Marian
oratories established by St. Gasper for the formation of the youth. There was
also a school run by the saint. He was doing many ministries. These classes
really help me to understand about the ministries. It was also inspired me and
help me to understand how I have to be in the future.
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