Be patient with Africa over homosexuality, says archbishop [CH-UK]
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Meanwhile, Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto said his presentation to the synod would focus on the true meaning of accompaniment by looking at the Gospel account of the journey on the road to Emmaus.
“Two elements must be there,” he told Catholic News Service. “First we always must be with the people where they are, where they begin.”
But, just as Jesus was with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, “they were going in the wrong direction, actually, and they’re going into the night”.
Jesus’s fundamental message in this account is his call for repentance and conversion, and likewise, pastors and Catholics are asked to “help people to go where the Lord calls them to go”.
“Just to have accompaniment as people are moving in the direction away from the Lord is not enough. We need to be with them in order to help people to follow our Lord.”
“The truest compassionate mercy is a compassion that challenges,” he said.
Words of clarity.
“Two elements must be there,” he told Catholic News Service. “First we always must be with the people where they are, where they begin.”
But, just as Jesus was with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, “they were going in the wrong direction, actually, and they’re going into the night”.
Jesus’s fundamental message in this account is his call for repentance and conversion, and likewise, pastors and Catholics are asked to “help people to go where the Lord calls them to go”.
“Just to have accompaniment as people are moving in the direction away from the Lord is not enough. We need to be with them in order to help people to follow our Lord.”
“The truest compassionate mercy is a compassion that challenges,” he said.
Words of clarity.
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clem456
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Yes.Meanwhile, Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto said his presentation to the synod would focus on the true meaning of accompaniment by looking at the Gospel account of the journey on the road to Emmaus.
“Two elements must be there,” he told Catholic News Service. “First we always must be with the people where they are, where they begin.”
But, just as Jesus was with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, “they were going in the wrong direction, actually, and they’re going into the night”.
Jesus’s fundamental message in this account is his call for repentance and conversion, and likewise, pastors and Catholics are asked to “help people to go where the Lord calls them to go”.
“Just to have accompaniment as people are moving in the direction away from the Lord is not enough. We need to be with them in order to help people to follow our Lord.”
“The truest compassionate mercy is a compassion that challenges,” he said.
This is the best statement of a well rounded pastoral approach I have seen.
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