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Fr. Ben Beltran, SVD, through his post has taken my attention on the issue of the groundbreaking statement on Christianity by a group of Orthodox Rabbis. The statement acknowledges the positive theological status of Christianity. A call for fraternal partnership of Jewish and Christian leaders.  Here is the full text of the said statement. December 3, 2015 To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the United States and Europe recognize the historic opportunity now before us. We seek to do the will of our Father in Heaven by accepting the hand offered to us by our Christian brothers and sisters. Jews and Christians must work together as partners to address the moral challenges of our era. 1. The Shoah ended 70 years ago. It was the warped climax to centuries of...

Understanding is different and beyond knowledge, This computer I am working with may have knowledge like any of us or even more but surely it cannot understand. understanding is a uniquely human activity that deals primarily not with information but with that elusive reality which we call meaning. Let us be reminded that the classic priestly formation is helping seminarians develop the ability to think and decide for themselves, to correctly understand themselves and the meaning of events in the light of faith; and how to wisely order their lives according to a proper hierarchy of values. This correct understanding leads to right sense of perspective and right sense of proportion. Priestly life is not a way to ignore, sublimate, reject, disown and anesthetize desire, rather it is a way to feel and expand human desire to such an extent  that it drives us toward something greater than ourselves. ...