Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isn’t Bishop Zurek’s reflection, Abortion: The Scriptures And Discrimination, simply “paying lip service”, “to the Dignity of all human life… Born and unborn!“, since it doesn’t inform the consciences of us in the Diocese of Amarillo as to whether or not a proposed ordinance that would expose to liability anyone who “aids or abets an elective abortion if the abortion is performed on a resident of Amarillo”, would have me “disregard“, “God’s loving plan in which every creature has its own value and significance.“, “but cling to human tradition.”, that does not honor the “God-given difference” “between men and women”❓

Today’s Instrumentum laboris (Il)

Foundations

Sisters and brothers in Christ: a renewed reciprocity

Paragraph 13

Isn’t, “The first difference we encounter as human persons…between men and women.“(Il);…

…however, is Bishop Zurek helping us in the Diocese of Amarillo with, “Our vocation as Christians…to honour this God-given difference by living within the Church a dynamic relational reciprocity as a sign for the world.“(Il), when he doesn’t teach us as to whether or not a proposed “abortion trafficking ban” is Catholic doctrine or a human precept;…

furthermore, in, Abortion: The Scriptures And Discrimination, shouldn’t Bishop Zurek have reflected, “on this vision from a synodal perspective, (where) the contributions received at all stages highlighted the need to give fuller recognition to the charisms, vocation and role of women, to better honour this reciprocity of relations in all spheres of the Church’s life.“(Il)

…indeed, “The synodal perspective highlights three theological reference points as a guide for discernment:

• a) participation is rooted in the ecclesiological implications of Baptism;
• b) we are a communion of baptized persons, called not to bury talents but to discern and call forth the gifts that the Spirit pours out on each for the good of the community and the world;
• c) while respecting and acknowledging the diverse vocations and gifts of each, the gifts that the Spirit bestows on the faithful are ordered to each other in a complementary manner and the collaboration of all the baptized is to be practiced as an act of co-responsibility.“(Il);…

consequently, keeping in mind these, “three theological reference points“, shouldn’t Bishop Zurek provide further reflection on, Abortion: The Scriptures And Discrimination, in which, “Guiding us in our reflection is the testimony of the Holy Scriptures: God chose women as the first witnesses and heralds of the Resurrection.“(Il);…

…for, “By virtue of Baptism, (do not women) enjoy full equality, receive the same outpouring of gifts from the Spirit, and are called to the service of Christ’s mission.“(Il), even “an activist with the Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance” who believes, “Travel bans harm communities. They harm the privacy of medical relationships. They do not help our communities to be strong and safe and supported.”❓

Today’s Laudato Si’ and Gospel

…76. In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the word “creation” has a broader meaning than “nature”, for it has to do with God’s loving plan in which every creature has its own value and significance. …

…”“You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.“❓

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