Posted on 01/06/2020 2:49:52 PM PST by ebb tide
“If we can fall down on our knees before Jesus, we will overcome the temptation to set off on our own path,” Francis quipped during his Epiphany homily (January 6).
He insisted, that “theology and pastoral effectiveness mean little or nothing unless we bend the knee.”
Francis himself never kneels before Christ, neither at Mass nor at eucharistic adoration. He only kneels for Muslims, homosexuals, Sudanese politicians, and Anglican martyrs.
Accordingly, Francis succumbed to the temptation to go his own way, and is theologically and pastorally ineffective, even destructive.
“Do-As-I-Say-and-Not-As-I-Do” Francis - the jack leg pope
Would setting off on your own path include preaching about climate change, open borders, economic justice, and equality of all religions? Because I don’t remember that being the path that Jesus talked about.
Worst pope in History.
For a guy running on a lung and a half, he sure is full of hot air.
I’m sure Mr. Bergoglio has been on his knees quite a lot.
I’m also sure he wasn’t praying.
Yeah. Probably humming Dixie.
STANDING Standing is a sign of respect and honor, so we stand as the celebrant who represents Christ enters and leaves the assembly. From the earliest days of the Church, this posture has been understood as the stance of those who have risen with Christ and seek the things that are above. When we stand for prayer, we assume our full stature before God, not in pride but in humble gratitude for the marvelous things God has done in creating and redeeming each one of us. By Baptism we have been given a share in the life of God, and the posture of standing is an acknowledgment of this wonderful gift. We stand for the proclamation of the Gospel, which recounts the words and deeds of the Lord. The bishops of the United States have chosen standing as the posture to be observed for the reception of Communion.
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How frustrating it must be to learn that so much of what you think is "church" is wrong.
https://mountcarmelmv.blogspot.com/2016/08/sit-stand-kneel-repeat-why-different.html
Care to help me here?
Thanks.
Sorry, you don't know what I think. Never did and never will.
Apologies. My comment should have been last. The OP is slamming Francis for not doing something that has not always been done in the church.
LOL! Your blind hatred of your pope has you so off balance you don’t know which way to turn. Keep on being the best salesman for Roman Catholicism!
You also don’t know whom I hate.
If I don’t hate you, I certainly don’t hate Bergoglio and I pray for you both as well as the conversion of all protestants.
You have a weird way of showing your affection for your pope.
Typical ealgeone, always making it personal rather than addressing the subject article.
Once again, I'm flattered.
KNEELING
“In the Middle Ages kneeling came to signify homage, and more recently this posture has come to signify adoration, especially before the presence of Christ in the Eucharist.”
arthritis?
when I was in 8th grade we went to mass everyday. I had osgood slaughter, my knees ached. I got a doctors note saying I didn’t have to kneel. The nuns anger at me was constant for the last 6 months ope middle school
Really?
a joke
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