[Longbow1969]

I’m confused if this Pope is either terminally incomprehensible or if he’s being translated badly!

Don't be confused, this Pope is a South American Jesuit - he's a socialist. In Argentina he constantly opposed cutting social welfare programs that bankrupt the country over and over again. He probably doesn't view himself as a communist and there is some evidence he didn't completely buy into Liberation Theology, but Pope Francis is most definitely on the very far left where economics are concerned.

Whenever you see the fewer and fewer people coming to his defense begin with "Well he was translated badly....", you can be sure the Pope was spouting off socialist crap again. He isn't being mistranslated, he's an economic idiot.

Catholics should be embarrassed that this is the man on earth whom represents them. This pope is giving immense verbal support to socialists the world over, an ideology that destroys the very soul of populations and has cost millions of lives.

[Salvation]

Detailed Contents of Luke’s Sermon on the Plain:

.	LUKE	Matthew
Beatitudes: “Blessed are…”	6:20-23	5:3-12
Woes: “Woe to you who…”	6:24-26	[ch. 23]
Love your enemies (do good, bless, pray)	6:27-28	5:43-45
“Turn the other cheek…”	6:29-30	5:38-42
Golden Rule: “Do unto others…”	6:31	7:12
“If you love only those…”	6:32-34	5:46-47
Love your enemies (repeated)	6:35	x
Be merciful… as God is	6:36	5:48
Do not judge/condemn (cf. Mk 4:24)	6:37-38	7:1-2; 12:36-37
Can the blind lead the blind?	6:39	15:14
Disciples aren’t above teachers (cf. Jn 13:16)	6:40	10:24-25a
Parable of specks and planks	6:41-42	7:3-5
Trees with good or bad fruit	6:43-44	7:15-20; 12:33
Good/evil people produce good/evil	6:45	12:34-35
Don’t just call out, “Lord, Lord”	6:46	7:21-23
Parable of two houses	6:47-49	7:24-27
Conclusion/Transition	7:1	7:28-29; 8:1

 

 

• Beatitudes and Woes (Luke: 6:20-26)
  • 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:
    “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
    21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.
    “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
    22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
    23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.
    24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
    25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
    “Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.
    26 “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.

[miss marmelstein]

Sigh...I guess I have to do some digging into this. The only thing positive I would say is that even if he’s spouting commie lingo he’s so incomprehensible that he’s probably rendered harmless. Honestly, I cannot understand anything he says - why the heck is he talking about flags? And I ain’t dumb!

[Arthur McGowan]

I would be embarrassed to be "represented" by this Pope, but I didn't vote for him. I was fed up with him a long time ago, and have tried to ignore his utterances.