In an emotional homily, a top Catholic Church official urged priests to pay attention to what ordinary faithful have to say and reach out to those who have often been overlooked in parishes.
CARDINAL Jose Advincula delivers his homily during the opening Mass of the National Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod in Manila on July 29.
“If we keep saying we have been doing it this way, we might be unconsciously pushing away the people who need our communion the most, people who often feel that they cannot fit in the Church, the sinners, the poor, the marginalized,” Advincula said. He noted that the Church’s vitality is evident in the laypeople, servant leaders, and consecrated individuals who are devoted to God and close to the people.
Organized by the bishops’ conference and the Office for the Promotion of New Evangelization , the four-day gathering follows the Vatican-organized international meeting of parish priests held in Sacrofano, Italy, from April 29 to May 1. “We hope to inspire them to be more communal and participatory in their leadership. And so we would like to introduce and promote the conversation in the spirit as a synodal methodology,” Laguerta said.
“And it is so unnecessary,” David said. “That’s why synodality brings in the wisdom of not monopolizing the mission.” It aims to, among others, to learn to practice the art of communal discernment and to foster communion and participation among priests and bishops.
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