The letter of the synod participants repeats ad nauseam the known and widely repeated slogans, which in the end become meaningless because of their generality, especially if they are measured against the generated expectations. They do not bring clarity to any of the burning questions. The Church continues to be systematically eroded from within. The latter is intentional because one wants to break up its previous structures and soften its traditional modus operandi (through the priestly powers).
“Parole, parole, parole!” [“Slogan, slogan, slogan”] sang Adriano Celentano in one of his popular songs. Words, words, words! One longs for nothing other than the Gospel instead of the wordy documents that are supposed to accompany, summarize, and advance the synodal processes everywhere and en masse, but do not have the power of the spirit of a single parable of Jesus.
Instead of God’s words and God’s wisdom, we have to read ad nauseam man’s words and man’s wisdom, paraphrases of the Gospel instead of the Gospel itself. Read more…