Wow the Catholics who are objecting to the feet cleaning sound like the Pharisees who objected to Jesus’ disobeying of the jewish law. When your laws get in the way of the beautiful thing the Pope did, you and your laws have issues.
See my tagline.
—— When your laws get in the way of the beautiful thing the Pope did, you and your laws have issues. ——
You are ignorant.
And opinionated.
You are free to remain so.
There are other aspects, though.
Assuming, as I think we ALL do, that (1) the Pope had the authority to make this small ritual adjustment, and (2) he had the best of intentions, the one sticking point is:
Did he just inadvertently give the nod to all self-proclaimed compassionate Lone Ranger types to do the same?
Bottom line: we live in a culture that is confused and corrupt without precedent. Pope Francis may want people to hear that "Compassion is our calling," but what many actually WILL hear is, "T'hell with laws, I'm just going to do what feels right. You can't criticize me! My intentions are good!"
The short route to chaos. And we've had enough experience with chaos over the past 40 years to know what it looks like, and to be troubled when we see it coming again.
P.S.I think Pope Francis' penchant for forceful, decisive action is also going to impel him to correct egregious error, hopefully in a swifter way than his precedessors. So my basic stance is still "Watch and Pray."
Watch and Pray, Pray, Pray.
Agreed.
Imagraftedbranch.