SYNOD24 Action Plan Launch - Archbishop Mark Coleridge

1 00:00:00,581 --> 00:00:03,271 The Synod was held in two sessions, 2 00:00:03,271 --> 00:00:05,407 in September and October of this year. 3 00:00:05,891 --> 00:00:11,000 Friday evening and Saturday until mid-afternoon. 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,280 But they were really the tip of an iceberg 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,607 because the Synod is not an event, it's a journey. 6 00:00:17,191 --> 00:00:19,441 So the roots of this document 7 00:00:19,441 --> 00:00:21,960 go back a very long way indeed 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,365 and they will take us a very long way into the future. 9 00:00:25,161 --> 00:00:29,060 It's not exactly a road map or a GPS, 10 00:00:29,060 --> 00:00:33,561 but this is pointing the way into the future 11 00:00:33,561 --> 00:00:35,871 at a time when the future can't be taken for granted. 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,935 And this document 13 00:00:38,935 --> 00:00:43,360 is not just human words, it's certainly that, 14 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,572 but these are human words and action plans, as we call them. 15 00:00:48,731 --> 00:00:53,368 A set of action plans that has been shaped under the influence of the Holy Spirit. 16 00:00:53,761 --> 00:00:56,062 Now if that's not true, 17 00:00:56,062 --> 00:01:01,222 then all we're left with is a kind of politics, human management, 18 00:01:01,222 --> 00:01:03,707 and we can't manage our way into the future. 19 00:01:04,271 --> 00:01:08,317 So this is much more than just another document 20 00:01:08,317 --> 00:01:11,051 or a management plan, 21 00:01:11,051 --> 00:01:13,520 this is an Abrahamic moment in the life of the Church. 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,536 I've said it a thousand times and I'll never cease saying it 23 00:01:16,536 --> 00:01:18,475 because it's true and important. 24 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:22,824 So, the God who has called us on this journey 25 00:01:22,824 --> 00:01:27,000 accompanies us and shows us the next steps, 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,098 even if He doesn't give us a GPS or a road map. 27 00:01:32,761 --> 00:01:35,560 But we are given this and it comes to us as gift. 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,604 So that's the first thing that I would say. 29 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:42,512 The second thing I would say is that 30 00:01:42,512 --> 00:01:44,643 you can't read this document on its own. 31 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,931 First of all it must be read in strict conjunction with the 32 00:01:51,931 --> 00:01:54,974 final document of the Plenary Council. 33 00:01:55,881 --> 00:01:59,278 And keeping in mind too that the Plenary Council like the Synod, 34 00:01:59,278 --> 00:02:01,105 was about action, not words. 35 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,796 Again words are never enough, they're important, 36 00:02:04,796 --> 00:02:07,815 because for the Bible words create worlds. 37 00:02:08,540 --> 00:02:11,056 But words have to lead to action 38 00:02:11,056 --> 00:02:14,465 and this is about action, so too is the Plenary Council. 39 00:02:15,241 --> 00:02:17,496 The other thing that you need to keep on the radar screen 40 00:02:17,496 --> 00:02:19,665 is the Synod in Rome on synodality. 41 00:02:20,453 --> 00:02:22,640 And it has produced its own final document 42 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,157 which is a thoroughly worthy 43 00:02:25,157 --> 00:02:27,742 document that I commend to the reading of all. 44 00:02:28,719 --> 00:02:32,929 This Synod document needs to be read 45 00:02:32,929 --> 00:02:36,000 with the Plenary Council document, 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,476 with the Synod in Rome document 47 00:02:38,476 --> 00:02:40,240 and of course the scripture, 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,368 which provides us always with the larger framework. 49 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:50,221 So I commend the document to you 50 00:02:50,221 --> 00:02:51,801 bearing the title, 51 00:02:51,801 --> 00:02:58,526 Archdiocese of Brisbane SYNOD24 Action Plans:  Implementing the Plenary Council Decrees. 52 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,275 That said, I have the greatest pleasure 53 00:03:02,275 --> 00:03:05,928 in launching the final document, 54 00:03:05,928 --> 00:03:11,520 SYNOD24 Action Plans: Implementing the Plenary Council Decrees. 55 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:12,160 Thank you.