Jesus was teaching through Bishop Zurek at the Cathedral on Sunday.
And the diocese was there who for twenty years
had been crippled by a spirit;
she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect due to a “serious mistake“.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
“Diocese of Amarillo, you are set free of your infirmity.”
Bishop Zurek applied the seal to the 2023 Synod Proclamation,
and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
The Diocese of Amarillo is convoked in Synod! The path entitled “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission” solemnly opened yesterday at St. Mary’s Cathedral during the 9:30 Mass.
We have joined those who are led by the Spirit of God in rejoicing and exulting before our God of salvation. Now may our relationships be consecrated in the truth so that we can be set free to do what God expects of the Church of the third millennium.
These are the some of the current signs of the “serious mistake” we need to be set free of:
- No mention of the 2023 Synod has been put on the Diocesan calendar.
- No stories about the 2023 Synod have appeared in the Diocesan News.
- Bishop Zurek’s expectations for a Red, Te Deum and Respect Life Masses were broadcasted on radio, set in print and posted on social media, but God’s expectation and Pope Francis’s invitation for the Synod have not been put forth.
- A building dedicated to a bishop who admitted John Salazar[3] (who raised the dedication) and Ed Graff.[4] Both of these priests were known to be serious sexual abusers and Matthiesen was warned not to assign them to parishes by other Church officials.
IV. Synodality in Action: Pathways for Consulting the People of God
Different Articulations of Synodality
28. Furthermore, in re-reading experiences, it is necessary to keep in mind that “journeying together” can be understood from two different perspectives, which are strongly interconnected. The first perspective looks at the internal life of the particular Churches, at the relationships between their constituent parts (first and foremost between the Faithful and their Pastors, also through the participatory bodies envisaged by the canonical discipline, including the diocesan synod) and the communities into which they are divided (especially parishes). It then considers the relationships between the Bishops and with the Bishop of Rome, also through the intermediate bodies of synodality (Synods of Bishops of the Patriarchal and Major Archdiocesan Churches, Councils of Hierarchs and Assemblies of Hierarchs of the Churches sui iuris, and Episcopal Conferences, with their national, international, and continental expressions). It then extends to the ways in which each particular Church integrates within itself the contribution of the various forms of monastic, religious, and consecrated life, of lay associations and movements, of ecclesial and ecclesiastical institutions of various kinds (schools, hospitals, universities, foundations, charitable and assistance organizations, etc.). Finally, this perspective also embraces relationships and common initiatives with the brothers and sisters of other Christian denominations, with whom we share the gift of the same Baptism.
It’s another current sign of the “serious mistake” that Bishop Zurek doesn’t use social media more effectively.
