Leaving this evening and heading back to Rome for the Synod, after a 3 day powerful retreat with fellow Synod delegates.
Thank you to the staff of Faterna Domus for your kind hospitality these past days and yes, we do love your coffee! pic.twitter.com/U1zR3M2MVf
“We must let the Holy Spirit work creatively in our midst with new ways of being Church that now we cannot imagine but perhaps the young can!” pic.twitter.com/OUjCBSrZbL
“The Instrumentum Laboris calls us to make ‘the preferential option for the young. . . Confidence in the young is an intrinsic part of Catholic leadership. The young are not here to take the places of us old people but to do what we cannot imagine.” pic.twitter.com/sBT2IarQKW
We must find ways to speak the truth to each other that does not leave them demolished.
Speaking the truth to each other, challenging each other with infinite gentleness and kindness. pic.twitter.com/NBsD3DtkYK
“Whatever conflicts we have on the way, we are sure of this: the Spirit of truth is leading us into all truth. . . These days of Synod will sometimes be painful, but if we let ourselves be guided by the Spirit, these will be birth pangs of a reborn Church. “ pic.twitter.com/1ElBKML28F
“We all have authority, but differently . . . A synod is like an orchestra, with different instruments having their own music. This is why the Jesuit tradition of discernment is so fruitful. Truth is not arrived at my majority vote, any more than an orchestra is led by voting.” pic.twitter.com/R3zUHNXGDQ
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.” Teilhard de Chardonnay
‘Without joy, none of us has any authority at all. No one believes a miserable Christian.’ pic.twitter.com/zmdsFnmofJ
“Authority is multiple and mutually enhancing. There need be no competition, as if the laity can only have more authority if the bishops have less . . In the Trinity, there is no rivalry . . . just as there is no competition between our four gospels. “ pic.twitter.com/TftbEclqqy
In a world filled with anger do we dare ask each other (like Jesus did on the Road to Emmaus) ‘What are you discussing with each other?’
‘Do we dare to hear the reply?’
Listen we must!
Listening with Hope! #synodonsynodalitypic.twitter.com/dXPKZhHNVo
