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SYNODUS EPISCOPORUM XI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church This Bulletin is only a working instrument for the press. English Edition
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| 08 - 05.10.2005 SUMMARY WORKING GROUPS - FIRST SESSION (WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2005 - MORNING) FIFTH GENERAL CONGREGATION (WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2005 - AFTERNOON) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE MESSAGE WORKING GROUPS - FIRST SESSION (WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2005 - MORNING) This morning, Wednesday 5 October 2005,the meetings for the Working Groups of the XI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops started, 238 Synod Fathers were present, for the election of the Moderators and the Relators of the Working Groups for the beginning of the discussions on the Synodal topic. The names of the Moderators of the Working Groups appointed were announced by the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops during the Fifth General Congregation, which was held this afternoon. FIFTH GENERAL CONGREGATION (WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2005 - AFTERNOON) LIST OF THE MODERATORS AND RELATORS OF THE WORKING GROUPS INTERVENTIONS IN THE HALL (CONTINUATION) At 4:30 p.m. today, Wednesday 5 October 2005, with the prayer Actiones nostras qæsumus Domine aspirando præveni et adiuvando proseguere ut cuncta nostra oratio et operatio a te sempre incipiat et per te coepta finiatur (Inspire, we beg You, Lord, our actions and accompany them, so that all our prayers and work always begins with You and through You we have fulfillment) prayer recited by the Holy Father, the Fifth General Congregation took place, for the continuation of the interventions of the Synodal Fathers in the Hall on the Synodal topic The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church. The President Delegate on duty was His Em. Card. Telesphore Placidus TOPPO, Archbishop of Ranchi (India). LIST OF THE MODERATORS AND RELATORS OF THE WORKING GROUPS At the opening of the Fifth General Congregation the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops read the List of Moderators and Relators of the Working Groups, appointed in the First Session of this morning. Moderators Anglicus A H. Em. Card. Justin Francis RIGALI, Archbishop of Philadelphia Anglicus B H. Em. Card. Cormac MURPHY-O'CONNOR, Archbishop of Westminster, President of the Episcopal Conference Anglicus C H. Em. Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, Archbishop of Cape Coast Gallicus A H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Jean-Pierre RICARD, Archbishop of Bordeaux, President of the Episcopal Conference Gallicus B H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Franc RODE, C.M., Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Gallicus C H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Jean-Louis BRUGUES, O.P., Bishop of Angers Germanicus H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Amedee GRAB, O.S.B., Bishop of Chur, President of the Swiss Episcopal Conference, President of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.) Hispanicus A H. Em. Card. Darío CASTRILLON HOYOS, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Hispanicus B H. Em. Card. Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO, S.I., Archbishop of Buenos Aires Hispanicus C H. Em. Card. Francisco Javier ERRAZURIZ OSSA, of the Schonstatt Fathers, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, President of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (C.E.L.AM.) Italicus A H. Em. Card. Renato Raffaele MARTINO, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Italicus B H. Em. Card. Geraldo Majella AGNELO, Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia, President of the Episcopal Conference Relators Anglicus A H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Diarmuid MARTIN, Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) Anglicus B H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Donald William WUERL, Bishop of Pittsburgh (U.S.A) Anglicus C H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Sean Baptist BRADY, Archbishop of Armagh, President of the Episcopal Conference (Ireland) Gallicus A H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Alain HAREL, Titular Bishop of Forconio, Apostolic Vicar of Rodrigues (MAURITIUS) Gallicus B H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Robert LE GALL, O.S.B., Bishop of Mende (France) Gallicus C H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Paul-Andre DUROCHER, Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall (Canada) Germanicus H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Gerhard Ludwig MULLER, Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) Hispanicus A H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Jose Maria ARANCIBIA, Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina) Hispanicus B H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Alberto GIRALDO JARAMILLO, P.S.S., Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) Hispanicus C H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Juan Francisco SARASTI JARAMILLO, C.I.M., Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) Italicus A H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Francesco CACUCCI, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto (Italy) Italicus B H.Exc. Most. Rev. Msg. Renato CORTI, Bishop of Novara (Italy) INTERVENTIONS IN THE HALL (CONTINUATION) In this Fifth General Congregation, the following Fathers intervened: - H. B. Gregoire III LAHAM, B.S., Patriarch of Antiochia of the Greek-Melkites, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Church (SYRIA) - H.E. Most. Rev. Jose Maria ARANCIBIA, Archbishop of Mendoza (ARGENTINA) - H.E. Most. Rev. Jose Mario RUIZ NAVAS, Archbishop of Portoviejo (ECUADOR) - H.E. Most. Rev. Yannis SPITERIS, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Cefalonia, Apostolic Administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" Thessaloniki (GREECE) - H.E. Most. Rev. Juan Francisco SARASTI JARAMILLO, C.I.M., Archbishop of Cali (COLOMBIA) - H.E. Most. Rev. Patrick Daniel KOROMA, Bishop of Kenema (SIERRA LEONE) - H.E. Most. Rev. Gabriel PENATE RODRIGUEZ, Titular Bishop of Succuba, Apostolic Vicar of Izabal (GUATEMALA) - H.E. Most. Rev. Stanisław RYŁKO, Titular Archbishop of Novica, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (VATICAN CITY) - H.E. Most. Rev. Jean-Noel DIOUF, Bishop of Tambacounda (SENEGAL) - H.E. Most. Rev. Pierre TRAN DINH TU, Bishop of Phu Cuong (VIETNAM) - H.E. Most. Rev. Ricardo BLAZQUEZ PEREZ, Bishop of Bilbao, President of the Episcopal Conference (SPAIN) - H.E. Most. Rev. Juda Thaddaeus RUWA'ICHI, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Mbulu (TANZANIA) - H.E. Most. Rev. Joseph POWATHIL, Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabras (INDIA) |
H.E. Most. Rev. Joseph POWATHIL, Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabras (INDIA)
The Eucharist - and liturgy as a whole - is the most privileged and powerful medium through which the Church transmits the deposit of faith received from the Apostles. Traditions transmitted by liturgy guarantee throughout time the continuity and authenticity of the apostolic faith. Liturgy, especially the Eucharist, is not only the expression of the faith, it is the very 'Epiphany' of the Church. Liturgical abuses therefore do violence to the very ethos of Christian life.
The Oriental Churches have been called 'liturgical Churches' owing to the great emphasis they give to eucharistic celebration and to liturgy as a whole. For them liturgy celebrates the faith handed down by the Apostles, theology explains that which is celebrated and discipline protects, like a shell, that which is celebrated, explained and lived.
The variety of liturgical traditions and therefore of the faith traditions of the Church serves to manifest the richness of the mystery of Christ and the divine plan of salvation. Hence the patrimony of all the Churches must 'remain whole and entire' and the Churches should return to those traditions 'if they have fallen away do to the vicissitudes of time or persons'.
Unfortunately the Oriental Churches have in various ways through the vicissitudes of history failed in different degrees to preserve their valuable heritage. In the present day context of globalisation and standardisation there is the danger that these small Churches may further loose their perspectives.
Therefore we hope that the Successor of Peter, endowed with the duty of confirming his brethren in faith, will help the Oriental Churches in a special way to grow and bear more effective witness before the world with greater fidelity to their valuable heritage. This will surely strengthen the cause of Christian unity and the proclamation of the mystery of Christ in our times.
I particularly enjoyed the interventions of the Eastern Rite hierarchs in all this. I trust they will be listened to.
Their voices are small; their contributions great. The Latin Church would do well to listen and heed their remarks.
"Their voices are small; their contributions great."
Their Churches may be small, but, especially the Melkite and the Indian, speak with the voices of giants. These are hierarchs!
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Yes ... much better choice of words. By small voices, I meant fewer of them rather than volume. Thanks for rephrasing it.
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