Posted on 10/02/2022 5:31:42 PM PDT by marshmallow
NEW YORK – Cardinal Mario Grech encouraged more than 200 U.S. Catholic leaders to continue the process of listening called for by the Synod on Synodality, even as it moves out of the local phase, and to consider the contributions of all people of goodwill, in a recent presentation.
“When we say that we are listening to the others, we are also saying that we are listening to the Holy Spirit, and for me, this is something sacred and it was about time that we came around to recognize this wealth, this richness in the church,” said Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.
“We believe in the people of God and in their power because the Holy Spirit lives in them, so it would be a great miss if we do not take into consideration, into account, the contribution of not only all of the baptized, but all of the people of goodwill,” Grech continued. “All people of goodwill can really contribute and help also the pastors to find what is the will of God for his church today.”
Grech made the comments on Sept. 22, to open this year’s Catholic Partnership Summit hosted by Leadership Roundtable, a U.S.-based Catholic nonprofit that seeks to promote best practices in leadership and management within the church.
The cardinal made the comments live from Frascati, Italy, where the Vatican’s synod team is gathered to review synod syntheses from across the globe as the continental phase begins. Grech called the results they’ve received so far “astonishing,” and noted that they will receive a reply from all of the bishops’ conferences of the world, “something unprecedented in history.”
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The two are not the same. Others babble as they will, but to listen to the Spirit, one must first experience the Word, both the written Word and the Living Word.
there are many, many people of good will ... the issue is not listening to them — the issue is discernment concerning what they say
same standard may be applied to the Pope now?
What he’s saying. Listen to people who lie (the others). It’s the same thing as other liars.
Homosexuals are loving, death is good, up is down, good is evil.
Notice how they never want to listen to believers, the truth.
If one has not acccpted Christ as their savior, then where in them is the Holy Spirit???
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