Catholic Outlook Magazine | Ordinary Time| 2023 Issue

Short & Sweet
My hope is that the Synod inspires us to listen to the Holy Spirit and to renew
participation, communion and mission in the life of our local Church. The success
of the Synod relies on your participation. I want to hear from our entire community;
each person, from all walks of life.
Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv in his invitation to the Synod for the Diocese of Parramatta
2023. Image: Diocese of Parramatta.
Our shared mission as Christians is to bear joyful witness wherever we find
ourselves, through our actions and words, to the experience of being with Jesus
and members of his community, which is the Church.
Pope Francis from his Message for the 60th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which was
celebrated globally on Good Shepherd Sunday, 30 April 2023. Image: Shutterstock.
For me, the generosity of spirit of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and the
gracious Welcome to Country with which we so often engage, is testament to the
desire of Australia’s First Nations people to be an “us” with all Australians. A vote for
‘Yes’ in the Referendum will be an opportunity for all Australians to reciprocate.
Sr Patty Fawkner SGS from her March 2023 reflection in The Good Oil, the e-journal of the
Sisters of the Good Samaritan. Image: Supplied.
FEDERATION OF
ASIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES
“The Church must begin in a spirit of inclusion where everyone feels both
welcomed and a sense of belonging inside the tent.”
From the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences’ Final Document of the Asian
Continental Assembly on Synodality, 16 March 2023. Image: Supplied.
Vatican II gave the Bible back to Catholics. Only those Final who perceive Document this Word
in their heart can be part of those who will help achieve renewal of the Church,
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and who will know how to respond to personal questions with the right choice.
The Word of God is simple and seeks out Asian as its Continental companion a Assembly heart that on listens. Synodality ...
Neither the clergy nor ecclesiastical law can substitute for the inner life of the human
person. All the external rules, the laws, the dogmas, are there to clarify this internal
voice and for the discernment of spirits.
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ, from his last interview in August 16 March 2012. 2023
Image: Wikimedia Commons.
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