A working tool for the Second Session
Today’s Office of the Readings
“In practical terms, this Instrumentum laboris opens with a section dedicated to foundational understandings of synodality, presenting the awareness of synodality that has matured along the way and was approved by the First Session.”, however, at St. Mary’s Cathedral isn’t it Bishop Zurek’s clericalism that has matured instead of synodality and are we not asking His Excellency, “how have I been a burden to you? Answer me.“; indeed, if Bishop Zurek had been present at his cathedral for the celebration of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, wouldn’t that have shown us that, “This is the marriage of the Lord, united with the flesh of man, a mystery uniting the two — Christ and the Church — in one flesh.“; …
Today’s First Reading
…nevertheless, the working tool for the Second Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2024), “Instrumentum laboris“, “is followed by three closely interwoven sections, which illuminate the missionary synodal life of the Church from different perspectives: I) from the perspective of the Relationships – with the Lord, between brothers and sisters and between Churches – which sustain the vitality of the Church in ways more profound than the merely structural; II) from the perspective of the pathways that support the dynamism of our ecclesial relationships; III) from the perspective of the places that are the tangible contexts for our embodied relationships, marked by their variety, plurality and interconnection, and rooted in the foundation of the profession of faith, resisting human temptations to abstract universalism. ”; conversely, doesn’t Bishop Zurek’s working tool of clericalism have St. Mary’s Cathedral, “covered with confusion,” as to where he met his obligation of celebrating the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;…
Today’s Responsorial Psalm
…nonetheless, “Each of these Sections will be the object of prayer, exchange and discernment in one of the modules that will structure the work of the Second Session. Each participant will be invited to “offer one’s contribution as a gift for others and not as something absolute or certain” (Synthesis Report, Introduction) on a path that the members of the Assembly are called to walk together. On this basis, a final document relating to the whole process will be drafted and will offer the Pope proposals on steps that could be taken.“; meanwhile, back in the Diocese of Amarillo, are we not looking for the time when we can say to Bishop Zurek, “You have turned from your anger.“; and we can now, “journey together,” in a , “truly synodal mentality”…
Today’s Alleluia
…R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Receive the word of God, not as the word of men,
but, as it truly is, the word of God.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.…
Today’s Gospel
…finally, since, “I am well aware that in the areas of politics and philosophy there are those who firmly reject the idea of a Creator, or consider it irrelevant, and consequently dismiss as irrational the rich contribution which religions can make towards an integral ecology and the full development of humanity.“; likewise, can it not be that now that Bishop Zurek has a Diocesan Pastoral Center that is situated far from St. Mary’s Parish, and his resignation is pending, that he considers his cathedral irrelevant and will give , “a bill of divorce and dismiss her“❓