Bishop Zurek, for his part, called what Matthiesen did a ‘serious mistake,’ yet the memorial still remains.”
What excuse will I offer to dismiss myself from the decision-making process in the Diocese of Amarillo which includes decisions such as:
Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Bishop Zurek, for his part, called what Matthiesen did a ‘serious mistake,’ yet the memorial still remains.”
From Luke 14: 15-24
- Protecting a memorial erected by a convicted pedophile priest for a bishop whom Bishop Zurek acknowledges made a “serious mistake“;
- Maintaining a letter on the diocesan website rebuking “a few” who reported abuse at St. Mary’s Cathedral;
- Aborting daily Masses at St. Mary’s Cathedral for the sake of priests’ health and spirituality;
- building another bishop’s residence, effectively put our next bishop “in his place” before he even arrives ❓
XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
How to be a missionary synodal Church
Instrumentum laboris
Part II – Pathways
Decision-making processes
71.
“It is up to the local Churches to increasingly implement all the possibilities of giving life to authentically synodal decision-making processes that suit the context’s specificities. This is a task of great importance and urgency since the successful implementation of the Synod largely depends on it.” Accordingly, isn’t the implementation of the Synod the way we will have no excuse but to “Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,‘”❓
“Without tangible changes, the vision of a synodal Church will not be credible. This will alienate those members of the People of God who have drawn strength and hope from the synodal journey. This applies most especially to the effective participation of women in drafting and decision-making and taking processes, as called for in many of the contributions received from the Episcopal Conferences.” However, doesn’t God expect me to not excuse myself from first making these tangible changes within myself so that I can say, “I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.“❓
Alleluia, alleluia,
Furthermore, isn’t “the purpose of the Synod” God’s way of addressing the “serious mistake” memorial, the letter, aborted Eucharists, and the house Bishop Zurek built—by giving me an invitation to not excuse myself from hearing God saying, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.“❓
Alleluia, alleluia
Finally, will it be said that I, claiming to be a committed and prayerful Christian, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for our “sins against synodality” placing our new bishop in a position where he must “Just Say NO❣️” to being “put in his place” before he even arrives—because I was among those who wanted “to dine in the Kingdom of God.”…
“But one by one,…began to excuse themselves.” ❓
It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment.
From Paragraph 217 of ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME