Friday, 28 November 2014
Back in the Eternal City
Reached three days back (on 25th November 2014) here in Rome for my defence which is scheduled for 5th December, at 5 p.m. The doctoral journey has been an important one in my life. It has been a time to learn how to learn, to keep going the way in spite of darkness... it has been a time to learn that the lightning guides the way (Heraclitus). Flashes of light, here and there, opening up here and there, ... It has been a time to learn that the process, the method, is as important as the end result. (Method here is not to be understood as a set of rules or a recipe.) This is what Pope Francis has taken pains to show in the recent experience of the Synod on Family. (Though I have not followed the developments very closely, I can put together a few of my thoughts and feelings with regard to the Synod.) We express ourselves, we need to listen to others, as we expect others to listen to us, we respect others' opinions, we show patience. The Holy Father was against showing any restlessness in jumping the gun, in arriving at solutions immediately. He listened carefully to others. He has taken the risk of being misunderstood, he has taken the risk of getting into the bad books of both the liberals and the conservatives. Hats off to this man, to this man of God.
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