So, I’ll post on and off over the next few weeks.

My first random thought about the topic is that we often forget that the Church (or church) is the Spirit’s. And that, while human endeavour and action shapes both its good and bad, ultimately the Church is the community formed, shaped and sustained by the Spirit of God. Sometimes, in our efforts to shape the church, predict the church’s future, and point out it’s good points and bad points we often forget that, as do lapses into Christomonism and such like.

The liturgical imperative, “Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church,” should be more proactively engaged with, rather than just passive background noise.