I've read it so you don't have to - here is a shortened version of
the original text.
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ - also all Non-binary and Multigendered Kinspersons!
Today I am writing about three different but closely-related matters of fundamental Catholic teaching.
As our blessed Prime Minister, St Armer of Keir, has pointed out, all the
murders, stabbings and other attacks that we have seen this summer are the fault of
grumbles by
far-right Conservative
voters and very far-right Reform voters, and nothing to do with the people who actually committed
the crimes, most of whom are peaceful healthcare workers.
It is important for us to stop these extremely far-right trouble-makers, and I take this opportunity of
asking you to befriend your neighbours. Ask Mr Mohammed Ali Bayan down the road to come to Mass at my Cathedral -
he won't find anything to upset his deeply-held religious beliefs!
Which brings me onto my second subject. Traditionally, September is the
Season of Creation, and the
Church has been concerned about issues such as the Climate Crisis ever since the 1st Century C.E. (
not A.D.!)
You only have to look out of the window to see that the weather is
hotter colder
wetter drier more average than ever before!
Why, the plughole in my bath was blocked this morning, causing floods in my bathroom the like of which
we have not seen since last week!
God - or at least St Greta - asks us to reduce our energy consumption, to install solar panels in our broom cupboards,
to fit windmills under our beds, to recycle our food before eating it, and, above all, to pay more taxes!
The strain of saving the planet has taken its toll on Ms Thunberg.
Finally, connected with both our community building and our care for the environment - and of course with every
other important part of Catholic teaching - is SYNODALITY. I have three key questions for you:
How can we persuade people that this is a real Copernican turning point of conciliar ecclesiology?
What would it look like to breathe synodality into each component of academic theology?
Which aspect of 'PLACE' do you think is most important in shaping relationships within the Church?
I must ask that you all participate in the final stages of the synod - by attending meetings,
talking a lot, or at least trying to stay awake, and by saying the Diocesan prayer
"Stay with us, Lord, in our synodal walking together."
Love and kisses (as Cardinal Tucho would say),
+ Johnny
I suspect that those three "questions" are ACTUAL "questions" from some syndoodle publication. Please say that isn't the case....
ReplyDeleteEccles, the Dante of our time. Bishops, skulls, Hell, etc.
ReplyDeleteHow far this man is from true Catholicism. The source of the fault is Vatican 2. The whole thing should be scrapped and go back to as it was with Pius XII.
ReplyDeleteBlimey! I thought your's was a spoof, but the original is even dottier.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the above comment, I foolishly chose to read the long, tedious version. Needless to say, it was quite painful. I hate to look at my climate failures so closely. But there were other failures there to take my mind off the climate, such as becoming 'besties' with the sheik next door (or wherever he is) and in my country, purchasing a 'childless cat lady for Kamala' t-shirt as I saw modeled on three round, white-haired ladies at the grocery store yesterday. My work is cut out for me.
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