To cut me down to size
Telling dirty lies to my friends
But my own father
Said “Give her up, don’t bother
The world isn’t coming to an end”.
Walk like a man
Talk like a man
Walk like a man, my son
Since, there is the “extra” actor in the synodal process, the antagonist, who brings to the scene the diabolical separation of the other three (Jesus, the diocese, and bishop); isn’t it about time Bishop Zurek girds his loins, stops pouting about how “a few” “people in the Church treat him so badly, and then does what is expected in getting our diocese into the Synod that has already started?
Not doing so will bring about the raising of another current sign of the “serious mistake” !
Today is the 11th day since the solemn opening in Rome of the 2021-2023 Synod entitled “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission” . Two days ago all other dioceses of the Universal Church, through the obedience of the one, answered the call of “journeying together”. In five days Bishop Zurek will finally face the perturbing prospect of the cross, disciples who leave and mood-changing crowds, to open the process in the Diocese of Amarillo.
The insidiousness that divides—and, thus, thwarts a common path—manifests itself indifferently in the forms of religious rigor, of moral injunction that presents itself as more demanding than that of Jesus, and of the seduction of a worldly political wisdom that claims to be more effective than a discernment of spirits. Perhaps these were among the things that were delaying His Excellency in saying, “Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will“.
In order to escape the deceptions of the “fourth actor,” (Satan) continuous conversion is necessary; thus being vigilant at all times and praying that we have the strength to “journey together” is essential.
A crucial reference point for the Diocese of Amarillo is at hand with this synod. My prayer today is that we, along with Bishop Zurek, gird our loins and light our lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open, not a week later, but immediately when he comes and knocks!
