Ping!
**Francis wanted confessors to be present on this day as “true peace is born of the human heart reconciled with God and with one’s brothers”.**
Imagine if that could happen on FR — true peace.
Do you have a problem with the Sacrament of Confession, as well?
Crowd like that, food vendors would have made out quite well.
Pope Fail.
Always? Really? The great final war will be waged by none other than God himself along with his Saints. Will Francis condemn God then?
Hate to be the one who breaks it to you, but your Pope is very wrong. War often solves severe problems, and God has used it for His purposes many times. The Pope is apparently neither a student of history nor scripture...
World peace is a lovely sentiment, but we live in a world of fallen human beings. There are evildoers in this world, and they must be opposed. Just because we’re “nice” doesn’t mean they will be “nice” back. Sadly, the people who need to hear it most are deaf to the Holy Father’s bids for peace. We can pray but that is not enough.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
winning a war you didn’t start, is.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
Good.
St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
While not a Roman Catholic, I appreciate that in a timely manner, the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis has made a religious call for peace in a land torn by war and that many people of good will have gathered with him to join in that call.
In our nation, we have a political leader that has not shown sensible leadership or been timely in his calls for state action in relation to the civil war in the blighted nation of Syria. Likewise many other political leaders have also failed.
While the Godly call to peace is not always something man can honor and Just War does exist, in times like these where warring parties are all vile, the choice between escalation and isolation of the conflict are simple to make.
The fact that the Roman Catholic denomination is not my denomination at this time does not separate me from the appreciation for its timely sensibility.