Posted on 09/25/2015 7:04:08 AM PDT by shortstop
If he wants faith go to Mass. IF he had preached all non-Catholics and even some Catholics would be screaming! How DARE the Pope preach to us. We are not Catholics. Think about it!
Right on bro!
BINGO!
I have intentionally ignored this dopey Popes visit as it would only further my belief that he is an anti-pope and should be run out of the Vatican on a rail.
I believe something sinister is afoot and I wonder what is going on with Pope Benedict.
Well, he is assuming the Pope is a Christian.
If he wants faith go to Mass. IF he had preached all non-Catholics and even some Catholics would be screaming! How DARE the Pope preach to us. We are not Catholics. Think about it!
I disagree. When Pope John Paul preached, this non-Catholic appreciated his message, PRAYERS and petitions, very much.
Would rather have heard him preach, than not :(
If there was a chance he was going to do that, obama would not have let him come.
Priests have been good to me in my life since my old man died when i was 15. they were good guys. We did lose three of them but at least it was to women of legal age :)
My father warned me when i was about 8, i think, that if a priest ever touches me funny to let him know. That was 1976 and my father was 55 at the time.
How hard must it be to give up the joy of women and possibly family for an entity that you can’t smell, see, touch or hear, except in your heart.
I believe. But it’s not easy.
Having to believe strong enough to make everyone else believe must be really hard
As a Protestant, I thought the Catholic pope was suppose to preach the LORD Jesus Christ..
Instead this guy channeled Al Gore...
and a scene from Dead Man Walking..
And my atheist, lib friends were in awe.
Amen!
Fantastic. Simply fantastic commentary. Spot on. I mean you nailed it. Read the book of Acts. The Apostle Paul was dragged before tribunals and kangaroo courts where gave a defense of himself via his personal salvation testimony. In every single account before public forms and trials he always preached salvation through Christ. The Pope? Mumbled something about Globull Warming.
Wow.
didn’t preach Christ.
but did say crisis...
I thought he said the mass in Latin
As BL said - what a wasted opportunity.
Amen
He wouldn't have had to preach Catholicism to condemn abortion, call for repentance, and demand reform. Preaching what C. S. Lewis called "Mere Christianity" would have been sufficient. Even preaching freedom for all peoples and human rights for everyone would have been sufficient.
Yes, he blew it big time.
If he wants faith go to Mass. IF he had preached all non-Catholics and even some Catholics would be screaming! How DARE the Pope preach to us. We are not Catholics. Think about it!
First, we are well indoctrinated in the idea of separation of church and state. It is very much a first response even though we know better. Thus, “if you want faith, go to mass.”
Second, Not offending anyone is our national mantra. I think that is the essence of your post.
Third, Being a prophet (carrying the burden of the Lord), speaking the truth, will cost you. He wants to be liked, and told the world what it wanted to hear. There will be consequences.
Fourth, The response to every false prophet is
Jer 23:35 You should keep asking each other, ‘What is the LORD’s answer?’ or ‘What is the LORD saying?’
That should be the question to the Pope and to each other.
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