Pope Francis seen as humble man who can unite, rebuild Church

cna ^ | March 14, 2013 | Adelaide Darling

[NYer]

George also commented on the Pope’s outreach to Eastern Churches, a trait that he said few people have noticed. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis served as Ordinary of Eastern-rite Catholics in Argentina, who lacked their own ordinary.

“Relations with those Churches, especially in the Middle East, is very important, especially in a time when Christianity is beginning to disappear from the Middle East because of political problems,” George stressed.

While many of you here in the west may not yuet recognize the timeliness of this, one need only look towards Europe to see what awaits us in another few years. There are villages in Syria where the entire christian population has now been eradicated. Ethnic cleansing. Today, Syria ... tomorrow, the US.

[trisham]

We are blessed to have this Pope at this time in history.

[Ann Archy]

AMEN....THANK YOU, GOD!!!

[Dutchboy88]

Perhaps all the various splinter groups of the RCC need uniting. He will never bring those who have been given biblical faith anywhere near Rome. On the contrary, we invite any still in that organization to swim the Tiber the other direction...into the light of Jesus Christ, alone. That is, if He permits.

[NYer]

On the contrary, we invite any still in that organization to swim the Tiber the other direction...into the light of Jesus Christ, alone. That is, if He permits.

A good dose of humor on a week of celebration. Thanks!

[JCBreckenridge]

Still trying to plug the dike? :D

[Alex Murphy]

Perhaps all the various splinter groups of the RCC need uniting.

All 2,942 of them!

[Dutchboy88]

"On the contrary, we invite any still in that organization to swim the Tiber the other direction...into the light of Jesus Christ, alone. That is, if He permits."

"A good dose of humor on a week of celebration. Thanks!"

If this is your definition of humor, it explains a great deal. But, you are welcome. Now, to the Epistles...

[Rashputin]

"He will never bring those who have been given biblical faith anywhere near Rome."

ROTFLMAO

No one has been given "biblical" anything much less acceptance of our Savior Jesus Christ as He makes Himself known in the Bible when they first throw out seven books of the Bible, and then refuse to accept the words of Jesus Christ Himself in the Luther Subset they do keep.

Such poor deluded folks are blinded by the powerful popular delusion that following Eve and worshiping their own, "Most High and Holy Self", is the same thing as following Christ.

[NYer]

On the contrary, we invite any still in that organization to swim the Tiber the other direction...into the light of Jesus Christ, alone. That is, if He permits.

According to Scripture, Christ wanted us to be one (John 17:22-23). We are all as a Church to be of one mind and to think the same (Philippians 2:2; Romans 15:5). There is only to be one "faith" (Ephesians 4:3-6), not many. For the Church is Christ's Body and Christ only had one Body, not many.

So you are offering catholics an opportunity to leave the Church, founded and established by Jesus Christ, for any one of the 60,000+ denominations that all consider themselves to be "the" church of Jesus Christ. Tell us, dear friend, in which one of those will we find the Truth?

[Bigg Red]

Dear, dear Dutchboy, perhaps you are drawn to these Catholic threads because the Holy Spirit is directing you toward joining us in the one true Church.

[haircutter]

As a Methodist, and watching the smoke stack in Rome, and waiting on seeing who was named Pope, I silently prayed God was watching over this decision......

I felt Blessed and Honored when he came forward as Pope Francis 1 and I feel good, really good with this decision...may He heal this world and get people back down on their knees...

[haircutter]

Many years ago I had a customer who went to Our Lady of Fatima, and then on to the Vatican to visit with Pope John Paul ll and she had her metals and crosses Blessed by him... I was one of the very fortunate ones to receive a metal that I wear on a gold chain with a cross, a gift of my daughter and mother...I sweetly touch this metal when I need peace and comfort...I feel Blessed... Thank You dear friend for this cherished gift..♥

[NYer]

What a truly touching tribute to your customer! You wrote: Many years ago I had a customer who went to Our Lady of Fatima, and then on to the Vatican to visit with Pope John Paul ll and she had her metals and crosses Blessed by him.

Medals are considered 'sacramentals'. What makes them very special is that they have the blessing of the priest (in your case, Pope John Paul II), who has received the special anointing for consecrating the bread and wine used in the celebration of the mass. You not only have a medal blessed by a pope but one who, since his death, has been elevated as a Blessed and will soon be declared a saint. Here is an interesting and true story about a blessing given by JPII.

JERUSALEM (CNA) -July 2008 - In the Jubilee Year of 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land stopping at one point to bless an olive tree on the Mount of the Beatitudes. A forester with the Jewish National Fund reports that this tree is the only one producing olives this year.

"It is a miracle," Yossi Karni from the JNF, which maintains the plot, told local media.

During a visit to northern Israel, in March of 2000, the late Pontiff blessed an olive tree that was planted on the Mount of Beatitudes, which was previously called Mt. Eremos. According to tradition, Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount on this mountain, which is located near the Sea of Galilee.

Israel is currently facing what Uri Shani, Israel’s Water Authority director, called “the worst crisis in 80 years.” “Israel's major sources of drinking water, including the Sea of Galilee and the mountain aquifer, are below their ‘red lines,’ meaning they are not recommended to draw water,” he said at a news conference last month.

Karni explained that all the trees on the plot were treated equally, but the ones that did not receive the blessing have not given fruit this year.

"They get treated the same, watered the same," he said, adding that some trees had even started to wither, which he could not explain.

When he was asked what he would do with the olives, Karni told Israel's Channel 10 he might market their "holy oil.

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Olive tree planted by pope JP II

May this cherished gift continue to accompany you on your journey and lead you to the Truth.

[haircutter]

THANKS for your comforting message..♥

[Dutchboy88]

"According to Scripture, Christ wanted us to be one (John 17:22-23). We are all as a Church to be of one mind and to think the same (Philippians 2:2; Romans 15:5). There is only to be one "faith" (Ephesians 4:3-6), not many."

Well, you have some of this correct. There is, however, no such word as "church" in the Scriptures. Here is yet another fabrication of Rome (or perhaps Germany). The Greek word for "assembly" implies a unified gathering. And, it was a common word used even for the riotous group in Ephesus (Acts 19:30). Now this particular use matches the Roman organization well.

It is Jesus who is building His gathering, not Rome. And, He did not build it in Rome, but in His mind and heart and from among the elect, those He has chosen before the foundation of the world. He is the Chief Cornerstone, the Apostles are the initial blocks, and those pre-destined by the Messiah Himself are a part of it. Rome has been left in its chains of error.

Certainly, Rome attempted to hijack the concept of the universal gathering described by Jesus (around 250 AD...you folks may wish to read non-revisionist history), but they created instead one of the most skewed cults in the human experience second only, perhaps, to Isalm (its vile cousin). It is the RCC cult which we are inviting you to leave...if Jesus permits it. If not, then Esau and Rome will be long time partners.

[Jim Noble]

The Reformation churches in Holland and the rest of NW Europe have morphed into stinking synagogues of Satan.

How can you be sure you are right?

[Dutchboy88]

"The Reformation churches in Holland and the rest of NW Europe have morphed into stinking synagogues of Satan.

How can you be sure you are right?"

You are right. Certainly any group which departs from the Scripture will end in the sewer. Rome is a perfect example (pedophile priests, homosexual supporting universities, etc.). So, rocks and glass houses and all of that, my FRiend.

If you define "right" as adhering to the Scriptures, you have identified the biblical method...stick to the Scriptures not tradition.