I fully agree with the conclusions of the ST. Specially with “We need to create a new mindset in the people”.

1. This is however a very huge work to do. We will have to help the Christian Communities to RE-THINK : Jesus’ plan, our human and Christian mission in the world, our way of celebrating and praying, even our faith (giving much more importance to Jesus risen and rising us up).

2. But this is necessary in order to get the adult, participative, democratic, fraternal… communities, able to enter into the “discernment process”, where they are in capacity of “judging by themselves what is just” (Lk 12 57), not as silent followers to what they have be trained during centuries.

3. For this huge work of EMPOWERING the Christian Communities we are not alone. In the quoted web site on “Small Chr. Communities”, I discovered the (american) Alliance of Parishes Restructuring into Communities”. Is this organization still ‘alive’ ? Could they not inspire our ST ? be included in the preparation of the 2018 Synod ?

4. Fortunately this re-thinking and discernment has already begun, “real change is already happening” as you say. In the Church but also in the world : democracy, participation, fraternity, co-operation (even in management) are progressing. I like to say : the world is pregnant of the Reign of God.{jcomments on}