ElisabetA
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October 28, 2008 @ 10:12 AM
27 oktober 2008.
Avslutning i Peterskyrkan.
En vacker bild på Maria Magdalena och Jesus
samt en första pressrelease.
På morgonen den 27 oktober avslutades Synoden officiellt med en mässa i Peterskyrkan.
Chris Schenk blev glad åt att se ett mycket vacker bild på omslaget till häftet för gudstjänstordningen. Bilden föreställde Maria Magdalena och Jesus - ett konstverk från Saint John's Bible från Collegeville, Minnesota. Chris berättar att Maria är här framställd som en vacker mörkhyad kvinna i röda kläder av afrikansk stil...Tankfullt, kanske en aning "quissically" ser hon på en gåtfull Jesus som är klädd i lasurblå och purpurfärgad mantel..
Ovanför bilden finns orden "Do not hold on to me because I have not yet ascended to my Father.”
Här följer pressreleasen från i går:
FutureChurch Statements on Synod Propositions Recognizing Women of the Word; Lectionary Reexamination
Proposition 17 Ministry of the Word and Women The Synod Fathers recognize and encourage the service of lay people in the transmission of the faith. Women, in particular, have an indispensable role in this especially in the family and in catechesis. In fact, they know how to kindle listening to the Word, the personal relationship with God and how to communicate the sense of forgiveness and evangelical sharing. It is hoped that the ministry of Lector (lectorate) would be open also to women so that the Christian community might recognize their role in announcing the Word.
FutureChurch Statement on Proposition 17 (see full text of proposition above) “Proposition 17 represents a good faith attempt by the world’s Catholic Bishops to acknowledge the enormous contributions made by “delegates of the Word” (easily half of whom are women) in the developing world where there is little to no access to Mass because of the priest shortage. It is a significant sign of progress that women’s leadership as animators of faith communities and presiders at services of the Word is at last being recognized and affirmed by the universal Church.
While FutureChurch warmly welcomes this recognition, our Bishops would do well to expand preaching opportunities for prepared lay women and men in the developed world as well as in the developing world. The ministry of lector, while not formally named as such, is already open to women who have been proclaiming readings at Mass for well over 30 years. It is difficult to understand what is to be gained by formally naming women as lectors. Rather, our bishops would be better advised to reopen the discussion of changing mandatory celibacy rules and ordaining women to the diaconate as important next steps in their inclusion in all the ministries of the Church. “
Synod Proposition 16 The Lectionary It is recommended that an examination of the Roman Lectionary be opened to see if the actual selection and ordering of the reading are truly adequate to the mission of the Church in this historic moment. In particular, the connection of the Old Testament with the Gospel passage (pericope) should be reconsidered in a way that not does lead to a too restrictive reading of the Old Testament or an exclusion of some important passages. The revision of the Lectionary could be done in dialogue with those ecumenical partners that use this common Lectionary. It is hoped that there will soon be an authoritative examination of the problem of the Lectionary in the liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
FutureChurch Statement on Proposition 16 (see full text above) “FutureChurch congratulates synod fathers for suggesting a reexamination of the lectionary to evaluate if texts are adequate to this time in our history. If we want to reach the next generation of Catholics, there is a need for Catholic proclamation of the Word to reflect the gender balance found in Jesus and St. Paul's counter cultural practices. Opening the lectionary for possible revision allows church leaders to restore the witness of women leaders such as Phoebe and Mary of Magdala, whose stories have been deleted or made optional. Cooperation with other denominations and with the eastern rite churches will enrich and expand gender-balanced proclamation of the Word throughout the Christian communion.”
http://www.futurechurch.org/watw/synodreports/081027.htm