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The final day of the Asian Continental Assembly on Synodality began with a moment of sharing among the participants. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, Philippines; Teresa Wu, Member of the Synodal Team of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference of Taiwan; and Prof. Estela Padilla, from the Philippines and a member of the Theological Commission of the Synod, moderated the day’s proceedings.
“Synodal conversion is the way we have to tune our instruments. Conversion is always conversion to Christ.”This conversion requires the humility of letting go of our own ego, he continued, so as to “look at each other and see the dignity of baptism in each of us.” Beginning with baptism, rather than communion, will open a “new spring of ecumenism based on baptism,” he said, noting that the creed bases the identity of Christian faith in baptism.
Synodality is the dimension of the Church from the first-century Christian experience that needs to be retrieved, he said. The beauty of the journey is that we are trying to find “the right balance between theand the ministry of the hierarchy…. In these last few days,” he said, “you managed to strike the right balance,” he told Asian Assembly participants. He then affirmed that the Asian characteristics of the Church will benefit the entire Church.
Archbishop Kikuchi also provided some final remarks and formally closed the Assembly. He expressed gratitude for everyone’s active participation, which made the Assembly successful. Assembly participants then participated in the celebration of the Sunday liturgy presided over by Cardinal Charles Bo, President of the FABC. In his homily, he challenged the tendency of many Catholics to give up certain vices only to return to them once we have celebrated the Lord’s resurrection.
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