Posted on 10/09/2021 7:10:32 PM PDT by ebb tide
To open the Synod on Synodality on October 9, Pope Francis identified three risks that could impede the process, instead inviting the Church, “Let us live this Synod with the spirit of prayer for his disciples that Jesus raised to the Father with such fervor: ‘That they may be one …'”
Departing from his prepared text, the Pope immediately insisted that the Synod “is not a Parliament, it’s not an opinion survey. The Synod is an ecclesial moment, and the protagonist of the Synod is the Holy Spirit. If the Spirit is not present, there won’t be a synod.”
The synodal path desired by Pope Francis began October 9 with a moment of reflection bringing together more than 200 people in the Vatican Synod Hall. There were lay people, delegates from episcopal conferences and members of the Roman Curia. The official launch of the synod will take place on Sunday with Mass celebrated by the Pope in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The two-year process could be derailed by “formalism,” “intellectualism” and “immobility,” the Pope warned in his remarks.
The first, that of “formalism”: The head of the Catholic Church pointed out a conception of the synod which would reduce it to “an extraordinary event, but a facade, a little as if we were staring at the beautiful facade of a church without ever stepping inside.”
To enter fully into the synodal journey, on the contrary, it will be necessary to enter into dialogue, “especially between priests and lay people,” and to be able to “transform certain vertical, distorted and partial visions of the Church, of the priestly ministry, of the role of the laity, ecclesial responsibilities, roles of government.”
“A second risk is that of intellectualism,” continued the Bishop of Rome. He does not want the Synod to be seen as a “kind of study group, with cultivated but abstract interventions,” where one proceeds in a superficial and mundane manner. Conversely, the Synod must be anchored in the “reality of the Holy People of God” and in “the concrete life of communities.”
The Pope has never ceased to call for the participation of all: “it is an essential ecclesial commitment,” he said in his speech, inviting in particular to make more room for “women, who are still often on the margins.”
Finally, Pope Francis warned against “the temptation to stand still.” Criticizing the reflex of falling back on the familiar, the Pope said there is a risk of “adopting old solutions for new problems.”
These three risks are contrasted by opportunities, the Holy Father said, such as nourishing the Church in the process of listening, both to the Holy Spirit, and to our brothers and sisters and the needs they face in their lives.
Barf Alert Ping
What would Poop Soros know about the Holy Spirit?
“Criticizing the reflex of falling back on the familiar, the Pope said there is a risk of “adopting old solutions for new problems.”
The Bible should be the familiar. Not Marx.
“It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance”
Eternal truths to this knumbskull are “old solutions”.
Notice he comes at everything from the negative. There is no unity, there is only division between his way and those who follow his oath much better than he does.
“...Bergoglio seems to think he can snap his fingers and the Holy Ghost will come a running at his beck and call for each of his evil sin-nods....”
One of Satan’s finest in this day and hour mocking the Holy Ghost?
Judgement Day is not far off for this vile fake.
What would that Marxist know about the Holy Spirit?!?!
There are 11 verses in the Bible which make it clear that blaspheming the Holy Spirit is an eternal and unforgivable sin.
James 3:1 tells us that those who hold leadership positions within the church are held to a higher standard and will be judged more strictly than other believers because of the great influence they wield.
Frankie From Argentina is in heap big trouble.
Are you a masochist ?
SAVE YOURSELF !
Use the “Do Not Enter: RCC Secret Meeting In Progress! “ magic door lock.
Otherwise people will CRITICIZE your thing-a-ma-bob - Because, well, you know.
No, I'm not a protestant.
Fascinating.
So, do you think of yourself first as a “Christian” or as a “Roman Catholic”?
I’ve asked you before. You didn’t answer.
Curious.
I don’t answer to liars.
And he probably knows exactly how to conjure that spirit.
Bergoglio’s self-serving sacrilege... every progressive trope and heterodox position pushed by elderly leftists is the voice of the Holy Spirit...
... while 13,000 young Catholic showing up for a Latin Mass pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres is a troubling omen of diabolical activity in the Church.
“ I don’t answer to liars.
Just what I thought. What are you? Eight years old?
You won’t answer - not because of your feint but because you aren’t quite sure of the answer when it come down to it.
And so, as always, you change the subject, drag in your compatriot, Cashmo and make a false accusation.
“Christian” or “Roman Catholic”? Which is first for you?
I am a Christian - First. “Protestant” is waaay down the list.
YOU brought it up.
Others see what you are.
Fix yourself.
So you admit you are a liar, then?
You can’t get anything right, can you?
Do you think of yourself first as a “Christian“ or as a “Roman Catholic“?
I got two things right!
You always change the subject and you act like an eight-year-old.
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