For a Synodal Eucharistic Church Por una Iglesia Eucarística Sinodal
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This paper reflects on the power of the Eucharist, a sacramental gift from God that fosters conversion and enables the ability to see others as part of a unified body. It explores how this gift can heal a world plagued by hostility, division, and polarization. A Church that is both Eucharistic, patterned after the unity and love inherent in the Trinity, and synodal, marked by the sensibility of journeying together in communion and mission, can lead us toward a future where sources of disharmony disappear. In this future, the transfigured presence of the ‘Eucharistic Lord’ draws all people together in fraternal love and peace.
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