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The Peoples of Asia, in their vast majority, have a deep religious experience, which we must learn to know and appreciate. The evangelization of Asia is, first of all, a dialogue of life with all believers whose experience already brings them closer to God, Who is the Origin of all things. Our deepest conviction is that the Gospel can contribute something profound and vital, to the men and women of Asia.
We should ask ourselves, how can we incarnate the Church in Asia? This seems to call for a deepening of our experiences in Communion, so that we will be able to witness to the Gospel. This calls for the formation of the laity to be true disciples of Jesus in the world. Furthermore, we need to promote a greater commitment to the process of inculturation of all aspects of our lives, with the spirit of freedom of the children of God.
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The Christians of Asia need to open up, to meet their non-Christian brothers and sisters, to have courage, remaining consistent with our faith, and to recognize the greatness of their spiritual values by looking for what unites us before stopping before what separates us. If the other person sees our sincere esteem and our spontaneous love, he or she cannot remain indifferent forever.
The Church in Asia continues to be the prophetic voice of our people who suffer on account of this globalization phenomenon but the responsibility of exposing the truth of exploitation by the First World Countries is and should not however be confined only to us Asian Pastors and Asian Christians. There is an equally urgent need also to conscientize our brothers in the Episcopate and Catholic Faithful of First World countries regarding their own social responsibility to speak out on our behalf.
The Asian situation - cultural, religious and social - is relatively congenial to the preaching of the Good News of the Kingdom of God preached by Jesus Christ and rendered present in His person and life, as it is fulfilling the aspirations and hopes of the Asian people steeped in the misery of poverty. Hence the Church should take it as its supreme task.
India provides a particularly soft target. The Christian missions are welcome to open their purse strings in the Islamic and Communist countries of Asia. But the missions there are barred from winning new converts. Hindu India, drowned in poverty and suffering from cultural self-forgetfulness, is the only country in Asia which provides the quid pro quo.
I do not think that Christianity will ever make much progress in Asia, for what is commonly known by that name is not the teaching of Christ but a rearrangement of it made in Europe and like most European institutions practical rather than thoughtful. And as for the teaching of Christ himself, the Indian finds it excellent but not ample or satisfying. There is little in it which cannot be found in some of the many scriptures of Hinduism ...
I have served the little Church in Brunei, and I can do the same for the Church in Asia. We always have to remember that we are called to be people who have received the incredible invitation to be the Lord's flock, to be part of His mission. Always small, humble, but dedicated to continue and carry it out.
In Asia the home of the great contemplative traditions, the dialogue of religious experience is of utmost importance. We would have a message for Asia only when our Asian brethren see in us the marks of God-realized persons. This dialogue is not opposed to the mission, but an integral part of the evangelizing mission of the Church which aims at making herself fully present as and when God wills, to all persons and peoples.
The day is coming if there is not a revolution soon that American police and military powers under command of the Jews and comprised of Negroes, Mexicans, Orientals and vicious race traitors will attempt to murder the last true White men. Then the last true White women and children will be carried off for integration and sport. Both sides in this final conflict will be singing "Jesus loves you," and waving the red, white and blue.
The Church has adapted herself to local cultures whenever possible in order to evangelize people more effectively. Today we are asking that the Church do in Asia what she did in Europe, to wit, allow the process of inculturation to take place with more freedom on the part of the Local Churches. Guidelines will have to be drawn up, true, to forestall aberrations; but her rich history in handling heresies and schisms should stand her well in the issuance of those guidelines and safeguards.
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