A Time for Dreams to Flourish: the Plenary Council

“The Australian bishops have set themselves a course and there is now no turning back. Now is the time for dreams to flourish.

As the Synod preparatory document concludes: [32] the purpose of the Synod, and therefore of this consultation, is not to produce documents, but ‘to plant dreams, draw forth prophecies and visions, allow hope to flourish, inspire trust, bind up wounds, weave together relationships, awaken a dawn of hope, learn from one another and create a bright resourcefulness that will enlighten minds, warm hearts, give strength to our hands.’ ”

“In a State of Synodality.” Brian Lucas, (National Director of Catholic Mission Australia.) Eureka Street on-line, vol 31, number 20.