Blase Cardinal Cupich uses the metaphor of a dance to describe what synodality is about—it is like a complex dance but with everyone working together to make sure the choreography is unified.
That’s nice. But it could be said of any human organization political or cooperate or military.
In his essay published by Vatican News, Cardinal Cupich does not mention Jesus, Mary or Joseph. He doesn’t say a word about “knowing, loving and serving Jesus Christ.” He says nothing about sin and redemption and the glories of salvation in heaven that is made possible only by the Cross and Ressurection of our Crucified and Risen Lord.
He does say we must “channel” the Holy Spirit.
And there isn’t anything about the Sacraments, both the personal and communal dimensions.
Certainly, all these things are implied but because these are not made explicit they become peripheral.
This is why synodality is a failure. It captures not the hearts of the faithful but only frustrates us. It’s all about what we do and not what God is doing for us which goes way, way, way beyond ecclesial, corporate, military and political organization and dancing together to reach our goals—for the Church, as described by Cardinal Cupich, its dancing together, meaning, pulling together but for what and for whom?
And with so much secular thinking applied to religious organization, Cardinal Cupich commits the cardinal sin of not realizing that in Catholicism it isn’t either/or but both/and. In this regard, the Cardinal’s sin is saying that the Church is called to move from individual performance to collective harmony. It’s isn’t either/or but both/and. Either standing alone is wrong!
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