Catholicity, Evolution, and the Reign of God
Part of the Theology series:
- A Theology of Dao
- A Church of the Poor
- Catholic Social Thought
- Do Not Stifle the Spirit
- The Joy of Religious Pluralism
- The Future of Interreligious Dialogue
- The Problem of Wealth
- Essential Catholic Social Thought
- The Unmoored God
- The Holy Spirit and an Evolving Church
- Creation and the Cross
- A Poor and Merciful Church
- The Catholic Ethicist in the Local Church
- Choosing Peace
- American Catholicism in the 21st Century
- Loneliness
- Virtue and Theological Ethics
- Just Water
- Experiments in Buddhist-Christian Encounter
- Christian Ministry in the Divine Milieu
- Church as Dynamic life-style
- The Election of Pope Francis
- Introduction to Catholic Theological ethics
- You Say You Want A Revolution
- Deep Incarnation
- Abuse and Cover-up
- New Paths for Interreligious Theology
- Christian Ethics
- Faith and Evolution
- Building Bridges in Sarajevo
- The Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis
- Marcus Mescher: The Ethics of Encounter
- Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way
- Fratelli Tutti
- Christian Social Ethics
- Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics
- Deep Calls to Deep
- Pope Francis
- Breathed into wholeness
- Religious Life for our World
- La Via della Bellezza
- conscience and Catholic education
- Enacting Catholic Social Tradition
- The Authority of the Saints
- The Hidden "God"
- Globalizing Theological Education for an Increasingly Globalized Age
- Thoughts and Dreams of an Old Theologian
The purpose of ministry, writes Fr. Maldari, is to channel the energy of the Holy Spirit through the diverse gifts in the community. Recognizing that the whole universe is sacred—a divine milieu—all ministry is sacred, too.
Ministry is ultimately cooperating with God in furthering the process of creation to its fulfillment in salvation. It also humbly recognizes human limitation and dependence upon the Holy Spirit. Fr. Maldari thus suggests that the sacrament of holy orders needs rethinking to celebrate the sacramental character of all ministries.
