Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, set me free
Both Pope Francis and Bishop Zurek have asked me to “journey together” with them in the 2023 Synod…
“Certainly!”
“It’s the ‘yeast‘ I can ‘dough‘!”
“They can ‘batch‘ their lives that I will ‘mustard‘ up the courage, and won’t be ‘leaven‘ their side until we’ve spread the ‘margarine‘ of the Church with the Gospel and have ‘seed‘ the birds of the sky dwelt in it’s branches…
…somebody stop me, I’m in a roll!“
The Diocese of Amarillo is convoked in Synod! The path entitled “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission” solemnly opened 2 days ago at St. Mary’s Cathedral during the 9:30 Mass.
We consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us as we undertake this “journey together“. We may go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown, but we shall come back rejoicing, carrying our sheaves. May we “journey together” with all the little ones of the human family as the Father reveals to us the mysteries of the Kingdom.
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
29. The second perspective considers how the People of God journeys together with the entire human family. Thus, our gaze will focus on the state of relations, dialogue, and possible common initiatives with believers of other religions, with people who are distant from the faith, as well as with specific social environments and groups, with their institutions (the world of politics, culture, economics, finance, labor, trade unions, and business associations, non-governmental and civil society organizations, popular movements, minorities of various kinds, the poor and the excluded, etc.).
It’s another current sign of the “serious mistake” that Bishop Zurek doesn’t use social media more effectively.
