In a few days, on October 4, the Holy Father will open the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, “For a Synodal Church. Communion, Participation, Mission.“
As we approach the opening of the Assembly, the Secretary General of the Synod, Cardinal Mario Grech, has requested to pray for the Synod and to urge unanimous and unceasing prayer from every Christian community in our Particular Church.
The Synod is, above all, an event of prayer and listening that involves not only the members of the Synodal Assembly, but every baptized person and every particular Church. Indeed, all of us are called at this time to unite in communion of prayer and insistent invocation of the Holy Spirit to guide us in discerning what the Lord is asking of his Church today.
With the prayer of listening, adoration, intercession and thanksgiving, the whole ecclesial community will be present, in the power of the Spirit, at the Synodal Assembly as an event that concerns all the baptized.
Let us pray for the Synodal Assembly especially on October 1, 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A).
(extract from Rt. Rev. Bishop Sebastian Francis’ letter dated 18 September 2023)