If you are a regular reader of this publication, you have probably learned of peculiar, indeed inexplicable, nay, rather, downright alarming goings-on in Rome in the penumbra of the Amazon synod now underway. It is likely that some of you are upset by them. That’s entirely understandable, but there’s an alternative. In times of chaos, unprovoked or provoked, we must maintain cool heads, keeping all that we hear in historical perspective. There have been many crises in the history of the Church. When we hear something weird about what the synod is doing, or what’s going on in the Vatican gardens or in churches in Rome, look upon the provocations as opportunities. With each aggravation crack open your traditional devotional prayer books and trustworthy catechisms. Review. Ponder. Pray. Vincent of Lérins (d 445) wrote in his Commonitorium (20.48) that:
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A strategy for Catholics in a time of chaos
if you are a regular reader of this publication, you have probably learned of peculiar, indeed inexplicable, nay, rather, downright alarming...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
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