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Yet, the bulk of the parable and Jesus’ explanation is not actually about the apparent heroes, the seeds in rich soil. Instead, more attention is paid to the failures. Three-quarters of the seeds cast out by the parable’s sower simply died. But this is not about failure.
Today’s post concludes our series highlighting some of the more LGBTQ-positive participants in this October’s assembly for the Synod on Synodality, as the process is informally known.
Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 announced New Ways Ministry’s new resource that details what participants in the upcoming Synod assembly in October have said or done when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues. Today, a second batch of participants has been added to that resource.
This week, New Ways Ministry is announcing a new resource that documents the LGBTQ-related records, good and bad, of Synod assembly participants to help understand how this conversation about inclusion and equality might proceed.
It’s a possibility–and it would be great!
The participants’ list for the Synod’s next assembly causes both hope and disappointment for New Ways Ministry as we work for LGBTQ+ inclusion. This news commits us to continue working to ensure LGBTQ+ people will be heard in the church’s synodal process.
The Vatican is expected to release today the list of participants for this October’s assembly of the Synod in Rome, which for the first time will include about 70 non-bishop members consisting of clergy, religious, and lay people, including women, with full voting privileges.
LGBTQ+ advocates’ reactions to the Vatican’s latest working document for the Synod on Synodality have been largely positive and hopeful. Today’s post includes some of those reactions, as well as insightful remarks from one LGBTQ-positive cardinal.
The Vatican yesterday released its working document for the first global assembly of the Synod on Synodality. The document includes two mentions of LGBTQ+ people, set within a larger text is replete with themes of inclusion, welcome, diversity, and listening.