ASSIGNMENT ON CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY.

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

Catholic Christology: Knowing God through Meditation
“Christian Prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or
the rosary.”
Joseph and Ria, a combo of Christian religion, father and daughter lived alone in a small but
a happily filled up house which spread positivism and gratefulness all around. Ria was a
young girl, aged 9 years and his father was around 35 years or more. Joseph was a professor
of History in a renowned university carrying an experience of more than 5 years. They were
quite disciplined and obedient in their church ceremonies and visited church on a regular
weekly basis. Ria being a kid, she found visiting the Church quite boring and used to take all
the instructions of Father causally. His father observed her such behaviour regularly and kept
a note of it. Joseph was a religious man and for him his beliefs on God and salvation was pure
and divine. Joseph’s father was someway associated with Church activities and he was a
great follower of Jesus. But due to generation gap, Ria didn’t had that faith and belief in Jesus
as her father and grandfather had.
One morning Ria made an ex-cuse for not visiting the Church. Her father took it casually and
when Ria felt that this ex-use thing could work for her on every week, she practiced it for
almost a month. Her father wanted to give her some time to realize the importance of visiting
the Church regularly on her own but he was wrong. On the fifth week, when Ria thought she
had been successful in fooling her father, her father said “today I won’t visit the Church, will
stay with you and will spend some quality time with you my daughter.” Ria was excited and
she grabbed her father with a hug. Joseph asked Ria, “let’s try something new today, lets
meditate.” Ria after giving a low reaction agreed to it and they both sat for mediation. After
explaining the entire process to Ria, Joseph added “Visiting church is not the only way to