Pope Francis’ sermon for the canonization

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2014/04/pope-francis-sermon-for-the-canonization/ ^ | April 27, 2014 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

[NYer]

Jesus would be (is) appalled! Robes and crowns, pomp and circumstance, praising and worshipping “MAN” instead of God.

Worshiping MAN? Perhaps in the snippets you missed, is this one.

The pope is holding in his hands, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. They are worshiping God, not man. The priests were dressed in vestments, as commanded by God. There's nothing unscriptural about vestments. God commanded that they be used in the Old Testament. Look at Exodus 28:2:

For your brother Aaron you will make sacred vestments to give dignity and magnificence. You will instruct all the skilled men, whom I have endowed with skill, to make Aaron's vestments for his consecration to my priesthood. These are the vestments which they must make: a pectoral, an ephod, a robe, an embroidered tunic, a turban, and a belt. They must make sacred vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons, for them to be priests in my service. They will use gold and violet material, red-purple and crimson, and finely woven linen.

Nothing in the New Testament requires abolition of priestly vestments. Our Lord attacked the Jewish leaders for a number of sins, but he never condemned their priestly garb.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Jesus would be (is) appalled! Robes and crowns, pomp and circumstance

Didn't Jesus take Temple worship, and the accompanying "pomp and circumstance," seriously?

And Temple worship, with the Ark of the Covenant reserved in the Holy of Holies, was a type for Christian worship, with the Body and Blood of Christ reserved in the church's tabernacle.

If "pomp and circumstance" was appropriate for Temple worship, it would certainly be appropriate for Christian worship.

[Salvation]

http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-10.htm

[Berlin_Freeper]

Canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II

[Berlin_Freeper]

Remember that on your next birthday.

[Biggirl]

Simply put, Jesus is very, very happy today that two saints of God, their title(s) as saints is NOW offical, what people have KNOWN for years that both John XXIII and John Paul II are both SAINTS. This gives witness to the good news of the Gospel as witness to those who are non-believers and for believers, a call to holiness in life.

[Salvation]

[Salvation]

[Salvation]