Posted on 10/07/2019 6:49:08 PM PDT by marshmallow
'The Holy Spirit is the main actor of the synod,' Francis says. 'Please, let’s not throw it out of the room.'
In his opening remarks for the Amazon synod Monday, Pope Francis said the assembly’s working document is meant to be “destroyed” as the starting point of the work of the Holy Spirit, who he prays will guide the synodal process.
“Synod is to walk together under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit,” the pope said inside the Synod Hall Oct. 7. “The Holy Spirit is the main actor of the synod. Please, let’s not throw it out of the room.”
Pope Francis, speaking in Spanish, explained that in the two years leading to this point there have been consultations and discussions within bishops’ conferences and at the pre-synodal council to create the synod’s working document.
The working document, called the Instrumentum laboris, “is a martyr text destined to be destroyed, because that is where it is as a starting point for what the Spirit will do in us,” he stated.
The pope noted that it is normal to experience resistance in the Christian life but said “now we walk under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Now we must let the Holy Spirit express himself in this assembly, express himself among us, express himself with us, through us, and express himself despite us.”
Francis asked for those present “to pray a lot” to ensure the work of the Holy Spirit is fruitful: “Reflect, dialogue, listen with humility…” he added.
The Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonian region is taking place at the Vatican Oct. 6-27. Bishops, priests, lay experts, and religious men and women, are meeting to discuss issues of importance to the Church in the Amazon, including a lack of priestly vocations, ecological challenges, and obstacles to......
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ping
Just gets weirder and weirder
Blasphemy of the Holy Ghost Ping
Sounds like the spirit of the anti-christ
Sounds like the Uniting Church here in Australia when they announced Th a t they had been guided by the Holy Spirit in allowing gay clergy and eventually gay marriage. They believe that their consensus voting is how the Holy Spirit moves.
Everyone,
Pray the Holy Rosary so that this Amazon and other synods to not succeed.
Stick with the basic Church, in other words.
You’re in big trouble If you’re right, Francis....
Says the guy who never seems to preach Jesus.
Good advice!
Somehow I don’t think so.
It is not an it, moron.
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