Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish

The Synod on Synodality is a two-year process of listening and dialogue that began with a solemn opening in Rome on October 9 and 10, 2021 with each individual diocese and church celebrating this Sunday on October 17. The synodal process will conclude in 2023. 

Synod—from the Greek ‘syn’ and ‘hodos’—simply means ‘journeying together’. As Church, we journey together with the Holy Spirit and Jesus who is the “way” (Jn 14:6). Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection gave rise to a movement of his disciples called ‘the Way’ (Acts 9:2; 19:9, 22:4, etc.). This ‘Way’—of people with diverse spiritual gifts and charisms (1 Cor 12)—was filled with a deep sense of service and mission. They saw themselves as servants of the community. In today’s readings, we shall see that this was not always the case with them. But, with Jesus’ passion, death, resurrection, and the gift of the Spirit at Pentecost, they were totally transformed.

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