He wouldn't be laughing if he really thought God had a sense of smell
Posted on 09/17/2016 10:49:04 AM PDT by ebb tide
Bergoglio is the master. And he's trolling us like a boss:
The Pope said people can 'sniff out' priests or bishops who are 'lying spellbinders' and 'narcissists'
He also said bishops must not get caught up in a game of numbers with vocations, but focus more on quality and forming mature priests, who are not slaves to their personal vices and weaknesses...
“The world is tired of lying spellbinders and, allow me to say, ‘trendy’ priests or bishops. The people sniff them out – they have God’s sense of smell – and they walk away when they recognise narcissists, manipulators, defenders of their own causes, auctioneers of vain crusades,” he said...
In essence, he said, their task is to make God’s mercy “pastoral”, that is, accessible, tangible and readily encountered. To do that, the Pope said bishops need to be able to: fascinate and attract; initiate and guide people; and accompany those in need...
“Kindness, beauty, truth, love and the good – look how much we can offer this pleading world, even in cracked vessels...”
The Pope urged the bishops to never give up on people despite the confusion in the world. Often, he said, it’s more convenient to just shut it out or “invent bitter speeches in order to justify the laziness that immobilises us in the static sound of vain complaints.”
Initiating or preparing people for God and his “abyss of love” is key, he said.
“Today too much fruit is being demanded from trees that have not been cultivated enough,” he said. Everything needs proper and ongoing preparation, and neglecting that has also resulted in today’s crisis in education and values, “emotional illiteracy,” and a lack of discernment, vocations and peacemaking...
Never forget the “shiver” of love and trepidation felt when God called and still calls you, the Pope told the bishops. It is not necessary to put up a front or “invent a profile” when we have God...
Read the full account of his speech to new bishops here.
Or better, don't.
He wouldn't be laughing if he really thought God had a sense of smell
Here, Pope Francis is simply speaking of himself; and we smell him.
To quote Jackie Gleason, in Smokey and the Bandit:
“What we have here is a break down in communication”.
We are hearing, from the Seat of Peter, a political hack. The Shepherd’s voice is lost, and the lambs are scattered.
We know his voice. This clanging cymbal we hear is not it.
Francis talks about “smelling like sheep”, yet he smells like sulphur.
No, Catholics are tired of 'trendy' priests and bishops. The world, on the other hand, just loves them. Open The New York Times to see who they are.
And what could be more 'trendy' than causes like global warming, homosexual 'rights' and women deacons, eh Francisco?
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Yes, his tendency to project is quite conspicuous.
At least you understood what he was saying. I read it 3 times and couldn’t understand his mumbo-jumbo! Is he reading Obama speeches again?
Once again, not one word about sin and repentance.
With Bergoglio’s clarification of what his heretical Amoris Latitiae actually means, he has attacked three of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church: Holy Communion, Penance and Matrimony.
“Never forget the ‘shiver’ of love and trepidation felt when God called and still calls you, the Pope told the bishops.”
Is that like the tingle that Chris Matthews gets from narcissistic communists?
Feelings, not faith.
LOL! All I know is that Burgle O is ruining a host of great words and phrases using them to turn reality and truth on it’s ear.
Someone needs to take the thesaurus away from him.
Well said! Spot on.
Hope you’re having a lovely weekend, Jane. Quiet here.
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