Posted on 03/27/2016 9:15:38 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the "weapons of love" to combat the evil of "blind and brutal violence", following the attacks in Brussels.
After a week of somber religious events commemorating Jesus' death, Francis said an Easter Sunday Mass under tight security for tens of thousands of people in a sun-drenched St. Peter's Square.
Afterwards, in his traditional, twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, he spoke of violence, injustice and threats to peace in many parts of the world.
"May he (the risen Jesus) draw us closer on this Easter feast to the victims of terrorism, that blind and brutal form of violence which continues to shed blood in different parts of the world," he said, speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
He mentioned recent attacks in Belgium, where at least 31 people were killed by Islamist militants, as well as those in Turkey, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Iraq.
"With the weapons of love, God has defeated selfishness and death," the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholic said from the same balcony from where he first appeared to the world on the night of his election on March 13, 2013.
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“Weaponized Love.”
Sounds like a good band name or song title.
Yeah, by all means give ISIS the comfy chair and the soft pillows, Jorge.
Mr. niteowl77
“Bow your head, so they may cut it off more easily!”
Is the Pope going to open the border of Vatican City and let the Muslim horde spill in?
Then he needs to shut the Hell up.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench
all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
Give a suicide bomber a hug!
Sounds like the song from the Flower Children generation: Make love, not war.
The Louvin Brothers ‘Weapon of Prayer’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kcSUc5pVoM
“Liberals” never have a realistic view of the world. They live in a fantasy world where everyone just needs a hug.
Islam offers “weapons of love”.
They rape their host country’s women.
ISIS requires some “tough love”.
In righteous anger, Jesus threw the moneychangers from the Temple. He also cast out demons and faced down Satan in the desert. There are times and places where force is justified to combat Evil. Mohammedism *is* Evil and must be defeated for civil society and ordered liberty to survive.
twister881 - 1, Pope Francis - 0
I consider my AR-15 a weapon of love.
To American servismen:
To satisfy the Pope always remember, before squeezing the trigger to blow the head off some terrorist, to say, “I LOVE my weapon....”
From popes (i.e. Constantine, et al) who would wage war against the scourge of islam, we now have a pope who is a pillow-biting pacifist.
servismen=servicemen.....Dang!!!!!!!
With apologies to the Pillsbury Doughboy:
Nothin’ says lovin’ like a Hellfire turning your house into an oven. :=)
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