Voor wie ooit slapeloze nachten heeft gehad over de vraag wat de spiritualiteit van de synodaliteit zou kunnen betekenen, is er een document verschenen met precies deze titel op https://www.synod.va/en.html.
We lezen hierin op p. 29 deze opvallende passage welke op al onze vragen een antwoord geeft:
What is a merciful heart? It is a heart on fire for the whole of creation, for humanity, for the birds, for the animals, for demons, and for all that exists. By the recollection of them, the eyes of a merciful person pour forth tears in abundance. By the strong and vehement mercy that grips such a person’s heart, and by such great compassion, the heart is humbled, and one cannot bear to hear or to see any injury or slight sorrow in any in creation. For this reason, such a person offers up tearful prayer continually even for irrational beasts, for the enemies of the truth, and for those who harm her or him, that they be protected and receive mercy. And in like manner, such a person prays for the family of reptiles because of the great compassion that burns without measure in a heart that is in the likeness of God.
