Vatican ViewPoint 81. Synod Spirituality with Fr. Radcliffe: ‘Friendship’
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May 2, 2024 
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, a Dominican priest and former Master of the Order of Preachers, explores the theme of friendship as integral to spirituality. He discusses how Jesus' call to friendship fosters unity, urging deeper connections with God and each other. Radcliffe emphasizes that divine friendship embraces the marginalized and transforms individualism into communal life. He reflects on the importance of presence, silence, and shared truths in building friendships, suggesting that doubt can serve as a bridge between people, enhancing understanding in the Synod.
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Friendship As The Synod's Core
- The synod's fruitfulness depends on deepening friendship with God and one another.
- Friendship lets the Church witness unity amid divisions to a fractured world.
Grace Makes Impossible Friendships
- Divine friendship crosses boundaries and embraces sinners as equals by grace.
- This friendship is the first taste of the kingdom and undoes the Old Testament's separation of the wicked.
Preach Only From Friendship
- Preaching must be an act of love: love those to whom you preach or don't preach.
- Build relationships first, because love makes preaching effective and humanly credible.
