Responding the Postmodern Challenges

          We cannot deny the fact that we are facing today the realm of the postmodern world. This is the world described by the ancient sophist, Protagoras wherein each person claims to be the ‘mensura omnium’ or the gauge of everything to exist. 

Lack of respect for others and violence are on the rise; deterioration of ethics becomes increasingly evident; relativism sets forth; rejection of the transcendent and even proliferation of new religious movements which propose a spirituality without God become inevitable. We are indeed apparently moving into a new cultural epoch when people are ignoring the call of the Church. As Christians present in the ‘here and now’, we are encouraged to face the challenge ardently. 
Nonetheless, thanks to the recent Pontiff, Pope Francis who is known for his simplicity and humility who keeps on encouraging the Christian faithful to embrace a new chapter of evangelization guided by the joy of the Gospel while undertaking a new path for the Church continuous journey. He urges us to immerse in the world with eyes open to its joys and sufferings and with hands calloused from sharing the everyday struggles of those around us. By so doing, sharing the three-fold mission of Christ and being eager to respond to the call to become a servant leader in the future, I am absolutely encouraged to be in communion with the very sentiments and behaviour of Christ, the Good Shepherd through a collaborative work with Christ’s Faithful in responding the postmodern challenges.