Mission and Dialogue of Life

This is in response to the question, “Is it possible to do mission without dialogue of life?”

For me, it is impossible to do mission without dialogue of life. Understanding about life itself, it is dynamic and towards an end goal or purpose. The question about the purpose of life or the question of existence is always present to very individual. Doing mission is the solidarity of every person to others; it is dynamic, moving and thus, a journey. Mission is in tandem with dialogue, how much more when it is about life? The experience of being with one another, or the presence of every person in the light of Christ’s teaching is always seen as a missionary activity: witnessing Christ to others. Doing justice and giving every people the opportunity to live with dignity is making Christ present, and is already a dialogue of life. Thus, there can be no real sense of mission if there is no dialogue of life.

Image done with Oil Pastel in a page of my journal notebook last Holy week. It depicts a person’s passion, burning with zeal and ready to burst out for others. The blue outline is the serenity of the person, while holding the compassionate heart for others.