Rev. Dr. Jose Varickasseril is a Salesian of Don Bosco belonging to the Salesian Province of Guwahati. He has his master’s degree in exegesis from the Biblicum, a doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome and a doctorate in spirituality from the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. He currently teaches at Sacred Heart Theological College in Shillong and is engaged in catechesis and pastoral work in St Dominic Savio Church in Mawlai, Shillong. This article first appeared in Catechetics India (August 2007) (www.catecheticsindia.net) and we are most grateful for permission to reprint it here.