Would it be “better” for St. Mary’s Cathedral if I stopped all my blogging and discarded everything I have ever written about what I perceive as the Diocese of Amarillo’s need to provide “transparency, accountability, and evaluation” regarding:
From Luke 17: 1-6
- The protection of a memorial erected by a convicted pedophile priest for a bishop whom Bishop Zurek acknowledges made a “serious mistake“;
- The Maintaining of a letter on the diocesan website rebuking “a few” who reported abuse at St. Mary’s Cathedral;
- The aborting of daily Masses at St. Mary’s Cathedral, citing the need for “an incredible sense of Reverence for the…Priests and especially for the Bishops“, effectively leveraging the Eucharist as a means of power and control;
- The building of another bishop’s residence, effectively putting 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
Transparency, accountability, and evaluation
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Bishop Zurek, for his part, called what Matthiesen did a ‘serious mistake,’ yet the memorial still remains.”
“While the practice of accountability to superiors has been preserved over the centuries, the dimension of accountability of authority to the community must be recovered. Transparency must be a feature of the exercise of authority in the Church.” Therefore, isn’t it “better” that I work to recover accountability in the Diocese of Amarillo regarding the memorial erected by convicted pedophile priest for a bishop who made a “serious mistake” “for the sake of the faith of God’s chosen ones and the recognition of religious truth“❓
“Today, structures and forms of regular evaluation of how ministerial responsibilities of all kinds are exercised emerge as necessary.” However, in his letter, “A Reflection on Christian Life,” doesn’t Bishop Zurek suggest that “a few” who reported abuse at St. Mary’s Cathedral would be “better” Christians if they had remained silent—among those who proclaim, “Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.“❓
Alleluia, alleluia, “Evaluation, understood in a non-moralistic sense, enables ministers to adjust quickly and fosters their growth and ability to perform their service better.” Indeed, would it not be “better” for the parish to evaluate if the Eucharist is being used as a form of authority, potentially leading to spiritual abuse that keeps St. Mary’s Cathedral from being able to “Shine like lights in the world, as you hold on to the word of life.“❓
Alleluia, alleluia
Finally, isn’t it good for humanity and the world at large when I as believer “better” recognize commitments to “transparency, accountability, and evaluation” which stem from my convictions against “sins against synodality“—that even now place our new bishop in a position where he must “Just Say NO❣️” to being “put in his place” as if…
“‘It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck‘”❓
If the simple fact of being human moves people to care for the environment of which they are a part, Christians in their turn “realize that their responsibility within creation, and their duty towards nature and the Creator, are an essential part of their faith”.[36] It is good for humanity and the world at large when we believers “better” recognize the ecological commitments which stem from our convictions.
From Paragraph 64 of ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME