Wait for us, is basically the message the German bishops are getting from Rome.
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A-a-ah, Anthony, “openness” . . ? From the internet dictionary:
1/ “The openness of the internet makes PUBLIC DEBATE more
possible.” [ Isn’t this what “synodality” is all about ?? ]
2/ “Lack of secrecy or concealment” 3/ “The quality of not being
covered with buildings or trees, as in: the openness of the
Western landscape” [ prairie Grandpa here experiences this
daily . . with AWE . . cows having breakfast on stubble ALL DAY;
the “foot” hills; the horizon-to-horizon big, always-changing
dramatic, SKY! ].
But G.K.Chesterton insists that “an OPEN MIND” needs some-
thing solid to clamp down on . . like Truth.
Enter the Sacred Deposit of Faith:ALREADY defined, organized,
preserved, and guarded for millenia.. covering Scripture, Dogma,
Papal Teachings, and the Wisdom of the Saints —ALL of which
continue to REMAIN so —including ALLOWING FOR current
and future TRUE development of Doctrine, à la St.John Henry
Newman.
Plenty of Truth HERE and NOW for the mind to “clamp down on”,
to digest, and to become configured to Christ with . . Christ
Crucified and Risen.
“When we have left this world, we shall no longer be able
to repent and confess our sins.” ( 2nd Century Homily) . .
” Ongoing conversion is the CEASELESS work of the whole
Church . . ‘How can we who died to sin still live in it?'” (Rom
6:2-4/ 1 Jn 2:4, 8-9)
—Robert Cardinal Sarah, CATECHISM OF THE SPIRITUAL
LIFE, 2022, EWTN/ Sophia Press; transl. (from the French)
Michael J. Miller, chapter 5 “A Sacrament For Conversion”.
Meanwhile, we would to well to daily pray the conclusion
(at least!) of the LITANY OF ST. JOSEPH:
V/ He made him THE LORD of His House. R/ And RULER
of all his possessions.
Let us pray: O God, who—in your unspeakable providence—
chose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Your own most
Holy Mother, grant, we beg you, that we may deserve to
have St. Joseph for our intercessor IN HEAVEN, whom we
trust as our defender ON EARTH, You who live and reign,
FOREVER AND EVER. Amen.