Synod Closes With Clearer Vision Than When It Opened

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Synod Closes With Clearer Vision Than When It Opened

Some divisions persist over the synodal process and some of the final report’s content, but the second week of discussion at the Vatican produced greater consensus.

by EDWARD PENTIN 10/20/2014

The Third Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on marriage and family life concluded this weekend, with Pope Francis praising the two-week meeting for its “spirit of collegiality and of synodality” and participants agreeing to all but the most contentious issues in a final report…

(I thought this was an interesting point):

“Next year’s synod will be run differently, and some observers have noted how the composition of bishops’ conferences at the next assembly will give African bishops a stronger voice.”

 

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+JMJ+

I find one blogger’s comment interesting. October 4, 2015, the day the Ordinary Synod will start, will be the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B. This is the Gospel reading for that day:

Mark 10:2-16
The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked,
**“Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”
**They were testing him.
He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?”
They replied,
“Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce
and dismiss her.”
But Jesus told them,
“Because of the hardness of your hearts
he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together,
no human being must separate.”
In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this.
He said to them,
“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another
commits adultery against her;
and if she divorces her husband and marries another,
she commits adultery.”

God bless us all.