For a synodal Church: communion, participation, mission

[Music] greetings from grand island i wanted to take just a few minutes of your time to share with you some information about the next synod that pope francis has launched in october so what is a synod simply put the word synod means away together in the church a synod is a consultation process about a specific topic and in the past the history of the church popes have had synonyms on various topics such as the family on the word of god on the new evangelization on penance and reconciliation and other topics the theme of this synod is a little unique it's on what's called synodality that word synodality is not familiar to us but by it pope francis means the way we go together it's a journeying together how do we as the church journey together to the kingdom of god uh the synod on civility is about mission participation and communion in the church and so together we'll be examining that in the coming months pope francis wants to have a wide consultation within the church rather than simply a consultation of bishops he wants a much greater participation including even our non-catholic brothers and sisters in this process pope francis wants us to think about this question how are we going about making our way to the kingdom of god how are we journeying together the main question of this synod is this a cenotal church in announcing the gospel journeys together how is this journeying together happening today in your local church and what steps is the holy spirit inviting us to take in order to grow in our journeying together so as you can see the theme of this is sort of a self-consideration how are we as a church living out our call to be those who serve god and our neighbor how will this synod take place well over the course of the next six months or so parishes throughout the entire world will be taking up this question other groups will be invited to enter into the consultation as well including focusing on young people people in consecrated life and also our non-catholic brothers and sisters synodality focuses more on how we are making our way to the kingdom and not simply how i as an individual am on a journey of faith a true synod consultation is then about listening to each other the process will involve a lot of listening and the starting point of all of this is simply our experience of the church what is has been um in is your experience of life in the church then we will consider these experiences in a greater depth what joys do they bring these experiences what difficulties or obstacles have we encountered in living our life in the church what wounds do they reveal and maybe what insights do they elicit then as we gather to share the fruits of the synod we'll consider where in these experiences does the voice of the holy spirit seem to be resounding what um is the spirit asking of us at this point place and time in the history of the church what are the points to be considered the prospects for change and what steps might there be to be taken where do we then register a consensus in listening to the holy spirit and what paths seem to be opening up for our local church along those indications from the holy spirit so parish consultations will be coming in the coming months undergoing this process in our parishes and also in our deenaries and i want to invite you to attend one of them between now and then simply consider your experience in the church your experience of being catholic not only in your parish but also on the level of our diocese as well and how does it resonate in your hearts to be a catholic in the world today what has been your experience please come and share with us some of what you have experienced so that together we might listen to the holy spirit leading and guiding us with this synod on synodality pope francis is simply inviting us to learn how we listen to the promptings of the holy spirit at work among us and then we can assess both how we respond to the holy spirit but also how we uh might grow in our fidelity to the holy spirit who is leading and guiding us so we'll be talking more about the synod in their and on senatority in the coming months but i just wanted in this video invite you to join us for these consultations as we journey together in faith thank you [Music]

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Length: 5min 21sec (321 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 11 2021