By John Cole
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While he was on earth, Christ revealed himself as the perfect communicator. Through his incarnation, he utterly identified himself with those who were to receive his communication and he gave his message not only in words but in the whole manner of his life. He spoke from within, that is to say, from out of the press of his people. He preached the divine message without fear or compromise. He adjusted to his people’s way of talking and to their patterns of thought. And he spoke out of the predicament of their time. Communication is more than the expression of ideas and the indication of emotion. At its most profound level, it is the giving of self in love. Christ’s communication was, in fact, spirit and life.
from the Roman Catholic Pastoral Instruction ‘Communio et Progressio’ (1971) |