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October 7, 2008 @ 10:07 AM
"I wondered what it is about the psyche of Church leaders that needs all the processing."

Chris från FutureChurch ger en första rapport från den pågående biskopssynoden.
Med henne undrar jag också vart Kristi budskap tog vägen i glansen av den kyrkliga ståten.
Var fanns han själv?
Elisabet

October 5th: A Two-Edged Sword

On a Sunday morning filled with sunshine I hopped the 23 bus to St. Paul�s outside the Walls for the Papal Mass celebrating the opening of the Synod on the Word. Normally the ceremony would have been held at St. Peter�s. But since it is the year of St. Paul, Pope Benedict chose to honor this plainspoken missionary who, with the help of women such as Prisca, Junia, Lydia, and Phoebe brought the Gentile world to Christ. I waited, along with 2,000 other expectant souls, while hundreds of Bishops, assorted priest functionaries and finally a gently smiling Pope, processed in to the solemn chant of the litany of saints. Yep, nary a female among them. Adding insult to injury, the litany�s 59 saints included only five women. So much for Prisca and her sisters. Yet I was expecting this. After all, it is why I came to Rome.

To console myself, I reflected how quickly the simple man from Nazareth would have shunned all the pomp and circumstance. I really couldn�t see him marching in all that regalia, though I do respect these bishop leaders of our church. For that matter, I couldn�t see Peter and Paul processing in the regalia either. After all, chasuble and miter are modeled on the garb worn by magistrates of the Roman empire, not earlier Christian leaders.
I wondered what it is about the psyche of Church leaders that needs all the processing.

Particularly annoying was the litany�s refrain: Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! Umm, yes, Jesus was all about conquering, ruling and reigning. Not. Somewhere along the line, the successors of Peter and Paul seem to have missed the point about Jesus� servant-leadership-even-unto-death. When did the processing, ruling, conquering model become tradition?

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http://www.futurechurch.org/watw/synodreports/
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October 16, 2008 @ 10:22 AM
Flera rapporter från biskopssynoden Guds Ord.

Chris Schenk från Future Church fortsätter med sina rapporter från Synoden.
I förgår, tisdagen den 14 oktober, talade elva kvinnor.
Exempelvis Sr. M. Viviana BALLARIN (O.P., Superior General of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena),
som menar att det finns ett mystikt och nära samband mellan Ordet och kvinnan. Många religiösa kvinnor vittnar outtröttligt om Guds ord. De finns i skolor och fängelser, i sjukhus och på gatan, bland drogberoende och AIDS-sjuka,.. bland hemlösa, utsatta familjer och barn som lider mm

Denna mångfald av kvinnor som genom sina gärningar lever Guds Ord är Kyrkans, vår Moder, ansikte.
Sr Viviana önskar att denna kärleksfulla Moders ansikte och hjärta ska uttryckas klart och tydligt i Synodens slutdokument samt dessutom dagligen få uttryckas i Kyrkan själv.

Vidare Ms Ewa Kusz ( President of the World Conference of Secular Institutes (C.M.I.S.) vill understryka att denna lekmännens "kungörelse" av Guds ord oftast sker i det tysta. Och hon ber därför de ansvariga att lita mer på lekmännen och TA DERAS ERFARENHETER PÅ ALLVAR, då de i sina liv står närmare dem som Ordet förkunnas för.

Det finns ytterligare röster att "lyssna till" (läsa om) i Chris' rapport på nedanstående länk.
I högra spalten där finns även länkar till hennes tidigare rapporter:
http://www.futurechurch.org/watw/synodreports/081014.htm

Elisabet Albertsson
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October 26, 2008 @ 8:54 PM
Ett litet steg framåt?


Regelbundet har Chris Schenk från FutureChurch fortsatt med sina rapporter från synoden. De finns alla i länken nedan.

Kampanjen (med ca 20.000 postkort har ršnt framgång om än så liten). Ja, små steg framåt kan skönjas ur rapporterna. Förslagen som kom från FutureChurch och de medverkande kvinnorna har tagits upp i olika synodgrupper.

Positivt är att synodens biskopar också föreslår en undersökning av innehållet i mässans läsningar så att de mera kommer i samklang med vår tid. Speciellt gäller det nu att återinsätta bibelns kvinnor i mässtexterna. Det blir jagglad åt att höra.

Synodens biskopar hade bl a fått ta del av en analys som Ruth Fox OSB sammanställt (1996) just om de bibelns kvinnor som saknas i texterna.
http://www.futurechurch.org/watw/womeninbibleandlectionary.htm

Däremot tycker jag det är konstigt att stor tid har ägnats åt att diskutera huruvida kvinnor som läser texterna i mässan ska kallas "lektorer" eller annat. Kvinnor har i många år deltagit i läsningarna, men det är frågetecken om de får kallas lektorer... Jag kanske har missat något här, men varför görs det stor sak av denna formalitet?

http://www.futurechurch.org/watw/synodreports/

En fullständig rapport om vissa av synodens inlägg kommer senare när alla finns översatta till engelska, utlovar Chris Schenk.

Elisabet Albertsson
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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
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