“Our baptism into the paschal mystery of Jesus

immerses us into a God who is not the poverty

of aloneness, Gos as an isolated individual,

but God as the richness of trinitarian communion.

Nowhere else does the mystery of human persons

called to both autonomy and communion

find its source and goal than in the infinite

uniqueness and communion of the persons who are God.

And precisely in not running away from the price

of our own personhood we begin to discover

that the proclamations central to the Christian message

are not simply doctrines tot be believed, but reality

that can be experienced,

reality that can transform experience.”

Mara Ann Fatula, OP in “Autonomy and Communion: Paying the Price,” Spirituality Today, vol. 39 5Summer 1987): 164. Geciteerd in Owen F. Cummings, William T. Ditewig en Richard R. Gaillardetz, Theology of the Diaconate. The state of the Quetions, Paulist Press New York/Mahwah, 2005, p. 40 – 41

De auteur William T. Ditewig vervolgt:

“ Theologies of diaconate – as indeed all theology – begin with a full appreciation of the power, risk, and mystery of sacramental initiation into the Trinity. This provides a common sacramental identity whil establishing the possibelities for creative, dynamic, Spirit-filled, and transformative mission. Categories of theological discourse that insist upon excessive distinctions between “the baptized” over against “the ordained” will benefit from dialogue with trinitarian theology as the archetype of all ecclesial ministry. Furthemore, ongoing intensive research into the relationship of sacramental initiation to the variaties of commissioned, installed, instituted, and ordained minstries must be encouraged.”