Sunday Meditation: Are you praying for the Synod? Pray harder!

Remember St. Boniface? He was the 8th century saint who dealt with the Germanic pagans by cutting down their "sacred oak" dedicated to the god Thor. He took the wood of the tree to build a church. Many pagans converted because they saw the power of the Christian God to overthrow their false gods.

Too bad St. Boniface didn't attend the opening ceremony of the synod and cut down the tree being planted in the Vatican garden. With the sacred smoke being blown and the rattling going on....well....who exactly was that tree honoring? Was Gaia on the tribal minds? -- Mother Earth? Is the face of the Amazon really being shown? Some missionaries describe the major problem of pedophilia and child abuse which is completely lacking in the working document.