“Diakonia as Lived Theology” by Cosme Carlo A. Lacang, SJ draws from his personal experience as a newly ordained deacon in an attempt to synthesize the fundamental teachings of Christian faith where he uses as framework the words addressed by the bishop to the newly ordained deacon in the rite of ordination: “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.”