As the XV1 Synod of Bishops resumes in Rome for the third and final gathering during October,Pope Francis reminds us of the importance of walking together, making ourselves “co-responsible for the Church’s mission.”
In his message Pope Francis also emphasizes that priests are not “the bosses of the laity, but their pastors,” and that “Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other. We are community.”
Let us pray that the Church continue to sustain a synodal lifestyle in every way, as a sign of coresponsibility, promoting the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity.
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Al reanudarse en Roma el XV1 Sínodo de los Obispos para la tercera y última reunión durante el mes de octubre, el Papa Francisco nos recuerda la importancia de caminar juntos, haciéndonos “corresponsables de la misión de la Iglesia.”
En su mensaje, el Papa Francisco también subraya que los sacerdotes no son “los jefes de los laicos, sino sus pastores”, y que “Jesús nos llamó, unos y otros – no uno por encima de otros, o uno en un lado y otros en otro, sino complementándonos. Somos comunidad”.
Recemos para que la Iglesia siga sosteniendo un estilo de vida sinodal en todos los sentidos, como signo de corresponsabilidad, promoviendo la participación, la comunión y la misión compartida por sacerdotes, religiosos y laicos.
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The day also honors the dignity, resilience and strength of survivors and intergenerational survivors, acknowledging the pain and suffering endured over the years.
The theme for this year is To Hope and Act with All Creation, and the symbol is based on Romans 8.
In a world experiencing tremendous challenges – “a third world war fought piecemeal; the flood of migrants…; the burgeoning numbers of the poor; the threat of irreversibly compromising the health of our planet. To say nothing of all the difficulties we encounter each day, which at times risk plunging us into resignation or defeatism”, Pope Francis calls all of us “to embody and communicate the Gospel message of hope”.
Given the right kind of conditions, it is possible to enter Holy Week from the inside rather than the outside – not as a series of commemorative events surrounding the final days of Jesus’ earthly life, but as a way of actually accompanying Jesus on His timeless passage through death to the very source of life and back into this world, with the unshakable certainty that “nothing can separate us from the love of God.”