Communion, Variety of Charism and Mission in the Church

Abstract

Jesus commissioned the disciples to “Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the  Holy Spirit.” (Mt.28:19). The mission of the Church has its root from this great commission. The mission is given to the disciples, not just the Twelve  Apostles. Whenever it seems the Church is in slumber, God steers His Spirit in the hearts of some members of His Body, the Church, to shake up the  Church and remind her of her mission. This is how different Religious Congregations with their originating charisms spring up to respond in diverse ways  to the mission of the Church and in communion with the Church. Synodality is a wakeup call to all members of the Church, the Body of Christ, to  discover new ways of fulfilling the mission that Jesus entrusted to his Church. It is a call to all, not just the hierarchy of the Church, because the Holy Spirit  is not restricted to any group. “For the purpose of safeguarding and handing on tradition, a system with established offices of leadership is needed. But it  is equally true that for the purpose of shaking the Church out of the complacency and mediocrity that inevitably creep into any institution, the Church  needs the charismatic  intervention of the Spirit.”