Posted on 12/24/2022 1:26:37 PM PST by Olog-hai
Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those “ravenous” for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism.
In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis presided over the evening Mass attended by about 7,000 faithful, including tourists and pilgrims, who flocked to the church on a warm evening and took their place behind rows of white-robed pontiffs.
Francis drew lessons from the humility of Jesus’ first hours of life in a manger.
“While animals feed in their stalls, men and women in our world, in their hunger for wealth and power, consume even their neighbors, their brothers and sisters,” the pontiff lamented. “How many wars have we seen! And in how many places, even today, are human dignity and freedom treated with contempt!”
“As always, the principal victims of this human greed are the weak and the vulnerable,” said Francis, who didn’t cite any specific conflict or situation.
“This Christmas, too, as in the case of Jesus, a world ravenous for money, power and pleasure does not make room for the little ones, for the so many unborn, poor and forgotten children,” the pope said, reading his homily with a voice that sounded tired and almost hoarse. “I think above all of the children devoured by war, poverty and injustice.” […]
“Jesus was born poor, lived poor and died poor,” Francis said. “He did not so much talk about poverty as live it, to the very end, for our sake.” …
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Yes. While not a biblically based article, my recollection was the author felt this was the reason for some or all of the gifts since they weren’t “practical” gifts. I just remember thinking it was an interesting hypothesis but not based on anything in fact, biblically.
And the three sorceresses were not there for the birth
Yet AGAIN, Franky the Jesuit is dead wrong.
The Commie Demon is strong in him.
This pope pushes for his version of justice on Earth, but he seems to neglect his ordained purpose to focus on leading people to Christ and salvation of their souls.
He’s not even a Jesuit, he is a Commie infiltrator.
Not to mention the gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
next thing you know, Pope Francis will be telling us Mary was on food stamps
Thanks. I never thought about it much other than they were kingly gifts. I’ll research it some.
What did Jesus not have that He needed?
Bergoglio doesn’t understand the gospel, so anything he says should be taken with a sslt mine.
CC
Being rich is holy. The holier the better.
(Salt)
CC
Dear Pope,
When will you start sounding like a Catholic?
Just trying to save some of my valuable time.
Is this pope the “vicar of Christ” or not?
Was he selected in an official way or not?
If he is not and was not, how do the people in this religion explain their failed process? Does this religion not currently have its vicar? Doesn’t that completely destroy their “Peter Principle” (pun intended, don’t get mad at me)
I’d like to know. Half my family still call themselves “Roman Catholic”. One quarter are “on their own”. One quarter have eternal security in Christ alone
Yes.
The flight to Egypt was paid for by the gifs.
He is Jehovah Jira - the God who supplies.
Just as He did on the Cross.
Yup
Are you questioning the RC Church? The One True Church, apart from which, you can never get to Heaven? Something tells me you’ve been missing Mass. Now get the rosary beads out and start saying your Hail Marys. Now start a letter telling to the Pope stating you’re sorry for doubting His Holiness perfection.
Says the pope, head of one of the richest religions in the world, who lives untold luxury every day.
Hypocrite.
A marxist is a marxist is a marxist. I bet this pope hasn’t even read the bible.
Mary and Joseph were not poor. Joseph was a craftsman and, using marxist speech, would have been “middle class” among other craftsman like black smiths, masons, cobblers, weavers, etc. They didn’t stay in a manger because they were poor. It was because there were no rooms at the inn. They were also not immigrants as it was required to travel for the census.
But we all know that.
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