“People followed Jesus because he was ‘attractive, touched hearts, made himself loved,’
I believe Pope Francis is only exposing what has been in the whited sepulchre the whole time. Two questions:
1. Who with an ounce of decency would follow this pope given what has come to light?
2. Who would align with a church that demands allegiance to this pope or any other based on the institutional depravity?
Forgive me if this is a caucus thread, I forgot to check before typing out my comment.
Revelation 18:2-5
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Lord bless,
Refreshed
I read somewhere that the Synod report will attempt to legitimize homosexuality, divorce, and alternative families. One commentator suggested that this will be an attempt by the Church hierarchy to assuage their own guilt over their sexual sins and their subsequent cover-ups.
However, it appears that, at least in the USA, the Faithful, who write the checks, are quickly becoming completely fed-up with the dissembling hierarchy, those who preach piety but commit carnal sins and sins of omission, thus undermining the Mystical Body.
I am sorry that some good priests, religious, and prelates are going to be caught in the coming deluge of purification. Those who have the courage to speak the unvarnished truth should escape, however.
These are the “whitewashed tombs,” not the “rigid” Catholics who believe in and seek to defend the Immutable Truth.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 5:18
This is so off base as to be frightening. The sin of the Pharisees was hypocrisy. They followed their own man made traditions as a way to get around the law. They knowingly broke the law and relied on ritual and sacrifice to save them. Jesus called them out on it - "I desire mercy not sacrifice". "These people praise me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." Thus, Jesus condemned the Pharisees for ignoring doctrine and morals not for upholding them. If Francis really believes his statement then how does he decide which parts of biblical teaching to uphold and which teachings are too "rigid"? When he exhorts people to care for the poor and downtrodden and to be hospitable and love your neighbor is he just being rigid, such that we can ignore him? This guy is a real train wreck and I see nothing to suggest he has the spiritual discernment to rightly divide the whole counsel of God.
People followed Jesus because he was “attractive, touched hearts, made himself loved,” Francis said, unlike the Pharisees who scrutinized everything “under a magnifying glass.”
What did John the Baptist preach?
What did Jesus preach?
What did the Apostles preach?
What does the Holy Spirit preach?
What should We be preaching?
WHAT SHOULD THE POPE PREACH?
Anyone know the answer?
This idiot has jumped the shark.
But remarkably, somehow these words don’t seem to apply to the Kavanaugh confirmation circus.
Weird......
he did it repeatedly, in the context of the celebration of the most Holy Sacrament, the Eucharist, where he runs no risk of being challenged by journalists.”
The author has ears to hear..............................
While we’re at, get those pesky 10 Commandments out of the Bible. >s<
That whole “Jesus” thingie?
Yeah, well, nevermind.
- Commie Pope Dude
Jesus forgave sinners who repented. He told them to go and sin no more. Somehow, that message does not come though to me in what the Pope is reported to have said. He must have been taken out of context.
he wouldn’t know the drip side of Christ cross if he was covered
Well, how about go f*ck yourself, popester guy.
Where’s the hashtag metoo movement for kids?
I’m assuming by “rigid” he means all males over the age of 12.
So many errors it is doubtful this Pope is even a Christian.
You know, modern life is not easy. One tries to be moral and walk the righteous path, not always successfully. But this kind of crap from the Supreme Pontiff is not helpful to one trying to live a moral life. It is not “accompanying”, except down the primrose path to perdition. Why doesn’t the Pope try strengthening the brethren and upholding the deposit of faith (i.e., fulfill his job description) for a change?
How about the “10 Suggestions”? WRONG! They’re Commanments!
The decline of morality in the world is not the fault of morally rigid Christians.