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Spirituality of Communication

Spirituality of communication is based on the spiritual dispositions of both the sender and receiver of messages. Culture and experience influence how communication is expressed. For Christians, communication finds its basis in the Trinity and God's communication with humanity. More important than techniques is the understanding and experiences of faith that the communication message should grow from. Christian communicators should be open to God, themselves, and others, and base their messages on the Word of God, living it through their own spirituality.

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Spirituality of Communication

Spirituality of communication is based on the spiritual dispositions of both the sender and receiver of messages. Culture and experience influence how communication is expressed. For Christians, communication finds its basis in the Trinity and God's communication with humanity. More important than techniques is the understanding and experiences of faith that the communication message should grow from. Christian communicators should be open to God, themselves, and others, and base their messages on the Word of God, living it through their own spirituality.

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SPIRITUALITY OF

COMMUNICATION
FR. FILOTEO PELINGON, MSC
PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION FOR ASIA
• Technology cuts distance, connects people but human beings determine the
content and ways of communication.

• Spirituality is in people, not in the technology.


BASIS OF COMMUNICATION SPIRITUALITY

• The spiritual disposition of the RECEIVER (and RECEIVER) influences how the
MESSAGES are forned and received.
• Culture and experience influences communication expressions (e.g. Asian=silence
and contemplation
COMMUNICATION THEOLOGY

• Trinity as an expression of communication of the Father through the Son and the Father
and Son through the Holy Spirit
• God communication with the Isrealites and Jesus’ incarnation are the standards for
Christian Spirituality and communication
• God uses all ways and means of human communication embedded in the culture of
people
• More important than the techniques are the understanding and experiences of faith and
prayer from which the communication message should grow
BIBLICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Communication is a matter of being human and being Church (Ephata,


Apriti)
• The scriptures give direction for spiritual challenges and life of the
communicator
• Three elements of Christian communicator: (1)seeing, (2) listening and
contemplation (3) action
CHRIST EXPERIENCE

• The Eucharist is the most perfect and most intimate form of communication
between God and man
• Communication is the giving of self out of love to and for the community
• Christian communicators and communities have a role anf responsibility to
each other (Communio Et Progression and Aetatis Novae)
COMMUNICATION SPIRITUALITY AS
OPENNESS

• Openness to God
• Starts with a personal experience of God alone and in community
• Commited to be molded by the Holy Spirit
• Need to live in communion with Christ
• Markwd byvapostolic charity
• Call to personal holiness
• Need to find answers to problems in the ligjtbof God’s word and in personal and
community prayer
• Openness to self
• Genuine communication happens when a person faces his reality
• Honest communication comes with integral honesty without biases or hangups
• Christian communicators should be concerned with his spiritual growth and total human
development
• When a Christian communicator accepts deepening of spiritual growth through the
community
• Openness to others
• Communication needs the community
• Communication leads to community
• 1st meaning of root word (mum) – Bulwark or wall
• 2nd meaning of root word (munus)–gift, service and commitment
• Communication spirituality is not only individual but communal
• Christian communicator is the “voice of the voiceless” and develops visions of the
future in the light of faith
CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION MODEL

• Based on St. Augustine’s teachings which puts the MESSAGE at the center of
the communication process
• The message –based onntje Wordnof God - is central
• A Christian communicator is the Ambassador of the Incarnate Word
• A Christian Communicator not only communicates but lives the Word, not
depending on technique on his/her own spirituality
• The messenger is also the message
THANK YOU

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