Thank you for your approach to the Word of God. Incarnation means a lot to you and it's quite refreshing to read your words grounded in human reality while being rooted in God's life-giving Word. Than
Key Message:
Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple - truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.
Homily:
#7 "I asked the priest responsible for organising the synod in the dioceses if the laity would have a chance to have an input at a later stage and was told no. I pray that he was wrong and that the la
Thanks, Séamus. And for the Mary Oliver too.
Maurice Taylor wrote about his experience with Rome in his book "It's the Eucharist, Thank God", in a chapter called "A Cold Wind from Rome". It's availa
I for one was very disappointed with the way in which the 1st phase of the Synod was dealt with in Ireland regarding the consultive process or rather the lack of I with the laity.
I tried very hard to
Of course the authors of the document are on the side of the angels, and their opponents are much worse, so while disappointed with their mushy style I support what they stand for. The whole pre-synod
Isn’t the narrow door the door that Jesus himself chose - the door of integrity, of calling out the shortcomings of the ecclesiastical structures of his time - which distanced the poorest from the e
“… a dynamism animating concrete local communities” ?
Is the adjective ‘concrete’ redundant there? Was it added to somehow emphasise the uniqueness and ‘particularity’ of every local
Sean, it takes a lot of reading to find something actually quotable in the document, which floats on abstractions from beginning to end (not helped by the diagrams). I pick just any paragraph at rando
The to and fro of various documents culminates in this summary of what the Church must deal with at the Synod:
*the reality of too many wars that stain our world with blood leading to a call for a re
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2 July 2023 – 13th Sunday, (A)
July 2 2023Thank you for your approach to the Word of God. Incarnation means a lot to you and it's quite refreshing to read your words grounded in human reality while being rooted in God's life-giving Word. Than
2 July 2023 – 13th Sunday, (A)
July 2 2023Key Message: Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple - truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward. Homily:
A note from the General Secretariat of the Synod…
June 25 2023#7 "I asked the priest responsible for organising the synod in the dioceses if the laity would have a chance to have an input at a later stage and was told no. I pray that he was wrong and that the la
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Where does the temple begin, where does it end? There are things you can’t reach, but you can reach out to them, and all day long. The wind, the bird flying away. The idea of God. And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.’ Mary Oliver
June 28 2023Thanks, Séamus. And for the Mary Oliver too. Maurice Taylor wrote about his experience with Rome in his book "It's the Eucharist, Thank God", in a chapter called "A Cold Wind from Rome". It's availa
A note from the General Secretariat of the Synod…
June 25 2023I for one was very disappointed with the way in which the 1st phase of the Synod was dealt with in Ireland regarding the consultive process or rather the lack of I with the laity. I tried very hard to
A note from the General Secretariat of the Synod…
June 25 2023Of course the authors of the document are on the side of the angels, and their opponents are much worse, so while disappointed with their mushy style I support what they stand for. The whole pre-synod
27 June 2023 – Tuesday of Week 12
June 27 2023Isn’t the narrow door the door that Jesus himself chose - the door of integrity, of calling out the shortcomings of the ecclesiastical structures of his time - which distanced the poorest from the e
A note from the General Secretariat of the Synod…
June 25 2023“… a dynamism animating concrete local communities” ? Is the adjective ‘concrete’ redundant there? Was it added to somehow emphasise the uniqueness and ‘particularity’ of every local
A note from the General Secretariat of the Synod…
June 25 2023Sean, it takes a lot of reading to find something actually quotable in the document, which floats on abstractions from beginning to end (not helped by the diagrams). I pick just any paragraph at rando
Instrumentum Laboris for Synod 2021-2024
June 20 2023The to and fro of various documents culminates in this summary of what the Church must deal with at the Synod: *the reality of too many wars that stain our world with blood leading to a call for a re
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